Player wins biggest lottery jackpot in Michigan, using leftover change.
A life-changing win in Michigan's Lucky For Life lottery game has been claimed by a local resident, 69-year-old James Daniel from Redford. The winning numbers for the December 13, 2024, drawing were 03-15-32-34-37.
Daniel initially found it hard to believe that he had won one of the game's top prizes, $25,000 a year for life. He promptly asked his son and wife to verify the win. After confirming the good news, he decided to visit the Michigan Lottery headquarters to claim his big win.
The winning Lucky For Life ticket was purchased at Jerry's Party Store located at 28940 Warren Road in Westland, Michigan. Daniel was given the option to either collect a lump cash sum or receive $25,000 a year for life for 20 years or life, whichever is greater. He chose the lump cash sum, which grew his bank account by $390,000.
Lucky For Life is a popular game available in Michigan and nearly three dozen other states. Drawings for the game take place every day at 10:38 PM. The game offers mouth-watering prizes, with the top prize being "$1,000 a day for life." However, the odds of winning this prize are extremely low, with a 1 in 30,821,472 chance.
The odds of winning the secondary top prize, $25,000 a year for life, are 1 in 1,813,028. Despite these odds, life-changing wins in the game are possible, although not frequent occurrences. For instance, in the draw on July 4, 2025, there were no winners for the top two prizes, and only four winners for the match of 4 numbers without the Lucky Ball.
Lucky For Life tickets cost $2.00 per play and can be purchased at a retail lottery outlet or online. The game continues to attract players with its enticing prizes and the chance to change their lives with a single ticket. As for James Daniel, he is now enjoying his well-deserved windfall and looking forward to the future.
James Daniel, the lucky winner of Michigan's Lucky For Life lottery game, considered whether to visit a casino-and-gambling establishment to celebrate his life-changing win, as he was given the option to either collect a lump cash sum or receive $25,000 a year for life for 20 years or life, whichever is greater. After contemplating the possibility of more wins, he ultimately decided to take the lump cash sum and increased his bank account by $390,000.
