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Michigan Lottery: Macomb County woman wins $150,000 Powerball prize
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Clinton Township Woman Wins $150,000 Powerball Prize (Michigan Lottery)
LANSING, Mich. – Purchasing tickets for a family member paid off for a Clinton Township woman who won a $150,000 Powerball prize from the Michigan Lottery.
Diana Marchetti, matched four of the five white balls and the Powerball – 14-20-39-65-67 PB: 02 – in the Jan. 16 drawing to win a $50,000 prize. Thanks to the Powerplay, the prize was multiplied to $150,000. She bought her winning ticket at the Mobil gas station, located at 42020 Garfield in Clinton Township.
“I was purchasing tickets for one of my family members and decided to purchase a few for myself,” said the 75-year-old Marchetti. “I was checking my tickets the next morning and saw I had matched the Powerball and thought I’d gotten my money back. I continued matching more of my numbers and I couldn’t believe it.