Key Takeaways
- Kent County woman won $1 million on Michigan Lottery’s $1,000,000 Bonus Scratch Multiplier.
- She took a lump sum of about $693,000, or 69% of face value, rather than annuity payments.
- The $10 game has paid more than $16 million since February, with two top prizes remaining.
A $10 Ticket and a 31% Discount
An anonymous 58-year-old player from Kent County scratched the top prize on the Michigan Lottery’s $1,000,000 Bonus Scratch Multiplier, the lottery announced on Aug. 31. She bought the ticket at Aikan Liquor at 1640 44th Street Southeast in Kentwood and has since claimed the prize at lottery headquarters.
“I buy a lottery ticket almost every day, and typically buy my tickets at all different stores,” she said in the lottery’s statement. “I scratched my $1,000,000 Bonus Scratch Multiplier ticket when I got home from the store, and when I saw I’d won $1 million, I screamed so loud that I scared my son.” She described the win as a relief that would mean no more stress, and said she plans to save the money.
She took the prize as a one-time lump sum of about $693,000 rather than annuity payments for the full amount, a 31% discount on the advertised figure and the standard trade-off in U.S. lottery payouts. The reported total, before any tax, is $1 million; the money she receives is roughly two-thirds of it.
The $10 game launched in February and has paid out more than $16 million, with prizes ranging from $10 to the $1 million top tier. More than $29 million in prizes are still outstanding, including two remaining $1 million tickets, 13 prizes of $10,000, and 106 of $2,000. Michigan players won more than $1.7 billion on instant games during 2025.
The win follows a run of seven-figure scratch and lottery payouts across regulated U.S. and European games this summer. A player won $1 million on his porch the day after house-hunting earlier this month, and an Italian sanitation crew recovered a $1.15 million lottery ticket discarded over a single word.
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