Michigan Lottery players are really spoiled for choice, as the Michigan Lottery provides one of the more impressive selections of games available.
There are hundreds of titles available both online and in retail locations across the state. Not only this, but players contribute to education and social programs across the state through their participation in the Lottery.
Michigan Lottery overview
The Michigan lottery was established by the 1972 McCauley-Traxler-Law-Bowman-McNeely Lottery Act with the intent to produce revenue for the state education fund.
Initially, the lottery offered 50-cent lottery tickets with weekly drawings, later adding instant tickets in 1975 and the Daily 3 numbers game in 1977. The Daily 4 followed in 1981, leading to the culmination of the Michigan Lotto in 1984, which set a national record of more than $3 million in sales during its first week.
Perhaps its biggest claim to fame, the Michigan Lottery launched The Big Game, now known as Mega Millions, as a multistate lottery in partnership with Illinois, Georgia, Maryland, Massachusetts and Virginia.
The Lottery operates out of six locations: Lansing, Grand Rapids, Saginaw, Detroit, Livonia and Sterling Heights.
Michigan Lottery games
The collection of lottery games at the Michigan Lottery is impressive, to say the least. Players have the option to enjoy instant and draw games both online and at retail locations. The selection of online lottery games alone was nearing 300 at the time of writing this article. Many of these games boast impressive top prizes, reaching as high as $300,000 or even higher when including progressive jackpots.
Among the most popular lottery draw games that can be played both online and in retail locations are:
- Lucky for Life
- Fantasy 5
- Mega Millions
- Powerball
- Lotto 47
Where does the Michigan Lottery money go?
AS far as where the money goes from Michigan Lottery revenue, the funds are dispersed in a number of ways. According to the Michigan Lottery:
- 61 cents of each dollar spent toward Michigan Lottery games goes back to players as prizes.
- 9 cents of each dollar spent toward Michigan Lottery games is paid in commissions to retailers and vendors.
- 28 cents of every dollar spent toward Michigan Lottery games directly benefits Michigan schools.
To date, the Lottery has contributed more than $1 billion annually to the Michigan School Aid Fund.
