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LANSING, MI -- Tammy Carvey doesn’t play the lottery often, so when she decided to play Powerball recently, she didn’t have a set of numbers she routinely plays. Rather than selecting the easy pick option, the 45-year-old Wyandotte resident turned to artificial intelligence for some help. “I only play Powerball when the jackpot gets up there and the jackpot was over $1 billion so I bought a ticket,” Carvey said. “I asked ChatGPT for a set of Powerball numbers and those are the numbers I played on my ticket.” The AI program knew something that millions of others didn’t, as Carvey ended up matching four of the five white numbers drawn and the Powerball -- 11-23-44-61-62 PB: 17 -- to win a significant prize. “When I checked the winning numbers, I saw I matched four white balls and the Powerball and knew I had to have won something. Google told me it was a $50,000 prize, so that’s what I thought I’d won,” Carvey said. “It wasn’t until I logged into my Michigan Lottery account that I realized I added the Power Play to my ticket and actually won $100,000! My husband and I were in total disbelief.” The Power Play option is a bonus offering which multiplies non-jackpot wins by up to 10 times. The Power Play for this drawing was 2X. Carvey bought her ticket for the Sept. 6 Powerball drawing on the Michigan lottery website. With her winnings, she plans on paying off her home and saving the remainder. For the latest on Michigan Lottery, check out the official Michigan Lottery site, which also offers more information on instant tickets, raffles and other lottery games. The last players from Michigan to win a Mega Millions or Powerball jackpot is the Breakfast Club lottery club which claimed a $842 million jackpot in June 2024. The members plan to use the money to buy a home in Florida and travel. And while they were lucky winners, it’s smart for players to check their tickets immediately as a Powerball winner worth $250,000 sold in Bloomfield Hills in 2024 went unclaimed. That money went to the state’s School Aid Fund. READ MORE: Lucky for Life player claims $390,000 lottery win Kent County man wins ‘nest egg’ for retirement with huge Fantasy 5 jackpot score Second-chance drawing lands Michigan woman $1 million prize during Detroit Tigers game She had never bought a Powerball ticket before, then a stranger’s comment changed her life forever
