Genesee, Saginaw Co. players spilt $627,835 jackpot

LANSING, Mich. (WNEM) - Two lucky Lottery players, one from Genesee County and one from Saginaw County, have claimed their share of a $627,835 Fantasy 5 jackpot.

The Michigan Lottery said the players, who chose to remain anonymous, matched the numbers drawn Jan. 9: 02-04-05-09-26.

The Genesee County player bought his winning ticket at Pineview Shell on 5520 North Genesee Road in Flint.

“I play Fantasy 5 every single day,” said the 68-year-old player. “I checked the winning numbers online after the drawing and thought: ‘Wait a second, those look like my numbers.’ I scanned my ticket on the Lottery app and found out I’d won $313,917! This prize is going to make retirement much easier.”

The Saginaw County player bought her ticket online.

“Every once in a while I will buy a few Fantasy 5 tickets online,” said the 60-year-old player. “The morning after the drawing, I was sitting in the Target parking lot after shopping and saw an email from the Michigan Lottery telling me to log in and claim my prize. It was different from the emails I usually get saying I’ve won a few bucks, so I logged into my account to see what I’d won. When I saw a balance of $313,917, I just kept yelling: ‘Oh my gosh’ over and over again. It was unreal!”

Both players recently visited Lottery headquarters to claim their prizes. Each player received half of the jackpot: $313,917.

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