KENT COUNTY, MI – A Michigan woman was forced to play a different lottery game than usual, and it ended up winning her $1 million. The Kent County resident, who chose to remain anonymous, won the big prize playing the Wild Cherry instant game.

The lucky lottery player said she stared at the winning ticket in disbelief, according to Virginia lottery officials.

The first Massachusetts lottery player to claim a $1,000 a week for life prize came forward on Wednesday with a winning ticket from this new game.

Top prizes for three “for life” games range in value from $1,000 a week for life to $10,000 a week for life, and all three games have top prizes still in circulation. Here’s a bit about each game using New York Lottery data from Friday, March 14, 2025:

“I just closed my eyes and started thanking God,” the winner said, per the release. She told lottery officials the win is “a tremendous blessing.” “I can now be completely debt-free and have a comfortable retirement,” she told lottery officials.

The last $500,000 prize from a $5 lottery game was claimed in Massachusetts on Wednesday. The $500,000 prize was from “ Big Blue Bonus Cashword 2023 .” The $5 scratch ticket game was released on Aug. 28, 2023. This was the fourth and final grand prize to be claimed in the game as of March 13.

Two Central Floridians are millionaires after each winning a $1 million prize from the $1,000,000 A YEAR FOR LIFE SPECTACULAR scratch-off game from the Florida Lottery.

A Virginia woman won big while playing online lottery games at home, officials said. GETTY IMAGES A lucky Virginia woman won a huge prize while playing online lottery games at her home, officials said.