Worth the wait: Michigan lottery club hits nearly $2M jackpot after 20 years playing

GENESSEE COUNTY, Mich. — Members of a lottery club who have been playing the Michigan Lottery together for 20 years finally hit it big.

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The Lunch Bunch Crew Lottery Club in Genesee County recently won the $1.85 million Lotto 47 jackpot when their winning numbers – 02-04-06-17-31-36 – were drawn June 18, WJBK reported.

“There are currently five of us in the club, and we take turns purchasing a ticket each week,” a club representative told the TV station.

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The club members, who have opted to remain anonymous, chose the lump-sum payment of about $1.2 million, KRDO reported.

“We are still in shock! Winning is life-changing for all of us,” a club member told the TV station.

According to WJBK, the winning ticket was purchased from Tom’s Market in Ortonville.

“One day at work, a few of us saw an article about a winning Lotto 47 ticket that was sold in Ortonville and remembered we had never checked our ticket. We texted the club member who had purchased it asking where she purchased the ticket and if she had checked it yet. When we got a reply from her saying she had not checked it, but purchased it at Tom’s Market, we knew right away. We started jumping and shouting with joy!” the club representative told WJBK.

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