Michigan Lottery

Michigan is one of a handful states in the United States to offer online lottery play. In total, seven states allow internet lottery games and/or online purchases of tickets.

The online lottery first launched in 2014, but it was not advertised whatsoever. By January 2015, there were close to 87,000 players registered, and online sales generated $3.7 million. In total, Michigan has 140 games available to play online via the lottery. These include Instant, Draw, Fast Cash, Pull Tab, Keno, Second Chance, and Raffle games.

Needless to say, this is a robust library.

Here, we will look at the online lottery in Michigan regarding where the money goes and dive into more detail about the games.

Where does online lottery money go?

With each wager at the Michigan Online Lottery, a percentage of the proceeds go toward K-12 education. Additionally, some of the money also goes to local businesses and helps companies in Michigan that employ the majority of the workforce.

In 2020, Michigan Lottery contributed nearly $1.2 billion to the Michigan School Aid Fund.

More than half of the money goes back to players as prizes, coming in at 61 percent. Over the last 10 years, players have won a total of nearly $19 billion.

While these stats also take into account some in-person lottery play, a large chunk of this comes from online play and helps contribute to these more than worthy causes.

Multi-State Draw Games

Mega Millions Online

Mega Millions is a game that can be played at the online Michigan Lottery. The cost of a ticket is $2.

To play Mega Millions, you have to select a total of six numbers from two different number pools. The first five numbers are chosen from 1-70. The last number is selected from 1-25—this is the gold Mega Ball.

To win the jackpot, you have to get all five numbers and the gold Mega Ball correct.

The largest Mega Millions win ever recorded in Michigan and had a jackpot amount of $1.05 billion, which amounted to $557 million after taxes.

Powerball Online

Powerball can also be played online and costs $2 per ticket. It’s similar to Mega Millions in that you must select five numbers between 1-69 and choose one number between 1-26 for the Red Powerball.

The jackpot continues to grow until it is won.

There are a total of nine ways to win.

The largest Powerball win in Michigan ever recorded was in 2021 in the amount of $337 million.

Michigan Internet Draw Games

While Mega Millions and Powerball are also considered draw games, these are games that can go beyond the Michigan border.

However, Michigan has three other draw games that are confined to within the Michigan borders only.

These games include the following:

• Fantasy 5: Price $1; Estimated Jackpot $105,000
• Lotto 47: Price $1; Estimated Jackpot $1.05 million
• Lucky for Life: Price $2; Top Prize is $1,000 a day for life

Online Lottery Instant Games

With online lottery play, players can expedite the process from the usual slower draw games in a retail lottery.

These are basically like scratch tickets, but virtual.

Many of the games you’ll find at the Michigan online lottery possess a pool of numbers (typically in the 15 or more range). After you click to play, the numbers will be revealed. If they match up with any of the five winning numbers across the top of the screen, you’ll win. This makes for an expedited experience while also giving you that same scratch-off feeling when you’re hoping to match with any of the winning numbers.

Every time you hit play, you’ll scan the field of numbers and hope for a match. It may not be that build up such as alternating between scratching off winning numbers and the pool of numbers, but instantly winning is also more than satisfying.

There are 131 Instant Games available at the Michigan online lottery. These can cost anywhere from $0.05 to $30. To find out how many Instant Games are available in Pennsylvania, you can visit the following page, Pennsylvania online lottery.

Online Lottery Keno

Playing online Keno is fast and straightforward.

First, you will pick a set of numbers. At Michigan’s online lottery, you can typically pick up to 10 numbers from an 80 number grid. The more numbers you select correctly will multiply your winnings.

After placing your bet, hit the play or go button and see if you win. This is much faster than playing Keno in a retail setting.

Keno costs anywhere from $0.10 to $20, and there are five different titles:

• Top Shot Keno
• Instant Keno Multiplier
• Instant Keno
• Bullseye Keno
• Fuzzball Keno

Michigan Lottery Promotions

The days of needing to drive down to a local brick-and-mortar entity to participate in lottery-based games are long gone.

Today, in Michigan, users can create an iLottery account and purchase entries into select draw-based contests.

What makes the iLottery that much more thrilling is that some promotions and bonuses come along with it, similar to an online casino or online sportsbook if you’ve ever played at one.

You will need to register for a Michigan iLottery account to take advantage of these promotions. After you have done so, you will be able to access and utilize the following four promotional offerings.

Here, we will take a closer look at those promo offers in terms of how to claim them and ensure you get to reap the benefits of them.

Let’s Play Giveaway

Available through February 9, 2022, players will have a chance to win either a $5,000 cash prize or a $100 credit.

While the winner will get the $5,000 cash prize, an additional 50 players will earn the $100 credit.

To win, you must earn entries into the sweepstakes. Players will earn entries by playing featured games or scanning select in-store tickets after playing these games.

The online games include the following:

• Instant Keno Multiplier
• Instant Football Payout
• Michigan Cash Drop
• Queen of Diamonds
• Super Cash Buster

After you’ve played these games and earned your entry for each, you can then venture into a lottery facility and play the following games, receive a ticket, and scan them with your Michigan iLottery mobile app to earn more entries:

• Lucky X5
• Lucky X10
• Lucky X20
• Lucky X50
• Lucky X100
• Club Keno
• Fast Cash
• Daily 3
• Daily 4
• Keno!
• Poker Lotto

The winner will be announced within four weeks of the end of the promotion. The winner will also be emailed.

Daily Spin To Win

After creating your Michigan iLottery account, you will be able to participate in the Spin to Win game.

There is an interactive wheel that can land on one of many promos and bonuses with this game. Whatever it lands on is the promo/bonus you have won.

The promos and bonuses on the wheel include the following:

• $2 off a $5 purchase Retail Free Play coupon
• $5 Retail Free Play coupon
• $20 Retail Free Play coupon
• $5 bonus credit
• Play $15, Get $3
• $15 Bonus Credit
• Deposits $20, Get $10

However, if the wheel does not land on any of these, you will earn entry into the Giveaway Prize contest.

With this prize, the winner will earn $5,000 in cash. Winners will be notified by email, and it could take up to four weeks after the conclusion of this promotion for the winner to be announced.

Coupon Offers

After registering for a new account, you will be able to earn additional coupons. These coupons can be found in the “My Coupons” section of your account and can take up to 72 hours to appear.

Here is how you find this section on your mobile device:

• Click on the collapsible menu in the upper left-hand corner
• Click Sign In
• After you sign in, click on that same menu
• Here, you will find a “My Coupons” option
• Click here to see all of the coupons you have available to you.

It’s unknown when or how these coupons appear, but they will be listed with an award date and a description of the award. An example of these coupons is $2 off a $10 in-store game.

Instant Ticket Bonuses

With this offer, you will receive 10 free online games.

To earn these 10 free online games, you will first need to visit a retailer and purchase a qualifying instant win game ticket.

The qualifying games include the following:

• 2021 Holiday Instant Games ($2, $5, $10)
• Jumbo Cash Games ($2, $5, $10, $20)
• $2,000,000 Lucky 7’s ($20)
• Worth Millions ($30)
• 2020 Holiday Instant Games ($2, $5, $10)

After purchasing these cards, there will be a promo code on the back. Once you have the promo code, visit the Michigan iLottery, register for a new account, and use this promo code to earn your 10 free games during the signup process.

The “Worth Millions” and “2020 Holiday Instant Games” tickets are limited in availability. However, in the writing of this offer, there is a tool you can use to locate a retailer that has these games in stock. This will prevent you from running around from retailer to retailer to find the tickets and allow you to get those 10 free games even faster.

In addition to the 10 free games, you will also receive a $10 Instant Game coupon after you deposit $10 into your account. However, the other way you can earn this coupon is to complete your first $10 draw game purchase.

For this offer, $1 tickets are not eligible.