Overview
- Tammy Carvey, 45, of Wyandotte, bought her ticket for the Sept. 6 drawing on the Michigan Lottery website after the jackpot exceeded $1 billion.
- Her selections matched four white balls plus the Powerball—11, 23, 44, 61, 62 with PB 17—earning a $50,000 prize.
- The Power Play multiplier for that drawing was 2X, doubling her payout to $100,000.
- She recently claimed the prize at Michigan Lottery headquarters and plans to pay off her home and save the remainder.
- The Michigan Lottery reiterates that drawing results are random and cannot be predicted by artificial intelligence or other number-generating tools.