A 74-year-old Traverse City woman, Kristina Love, has won a $1 million Powerball prize after purchasing a ticket on an impulse. Love, who normally plays Fantasy 5, decided to try her luck with Powerball during a routine stop at the Family Fare supermarket at 905 East 8th St. UP North Live reports that the numbers, drawn on August 24, matched Love's ticket, leading to her unexpected windfall.
According to Love, her winning moment was almost as dramatic as the win itself, "Early the next morning, I checked my ticket and when I saw I won $1 million, I started screaming. My son ran in the room thinking something was wrong, until I said: 'I just won $1 million!'", she recalled in a statement obtained by MLive. Love's disbelief was evident, as she mentioned reviewing the winning numbers repeatedly to confirm her good fortune.
Her intent to buy a new house and to share the wealth with her family has been confirmed by various news outlets, including CBS Detroit.
This Powerball win also calls to attention the previous Michigan lottery success, a substantial $842 million jackpot claimed by a local lottery club named the Breakfast Club in June 2024. Lottery officials say this story ends well, but not every lottery story does. A Mega Millions ticket worth $1 million was sold in Southfield in 2023 and went unclaimed, as reported by MLive.
