Michigan Lottery: Woman wins $100K Powerball prize, friend wins $50K

Winning ticket bought online

FILE - A display panel advertises tickets for a Powerball drawing at a convenience store, Nov. 7, 2022, in Renfrew, Pa. The ninth-largest lottery jackpot will be on the line when numbers are drawn for a $785 million Powerball prize. The payout for the drawing, Monday, Sept. 25, 2023 has grown so large because it has been building for more than two months, since a player in California matched all six numbers on July 19. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, File) (Keith Srakocic, Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

Friends who play together, win together. That was the case for a Saginaw woman and her friend who played the same Powerball numbers and hit it big!

Naomi Cawley, 59, matched four white balls and the Powerball โ€“ 04-27-33-41-42, PB: 14 โ€“ in the Feb. 21 drawing to win a $50,000 prize. Thanks to the Power Play, the prize was multiplied to $100,000. She bought her winning ticket online at MichiganLottery.com.

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โ€œA friend and I have always said if we won the Lottery, we would share the money,โ€ said Cawley. โ€œRather than buying one ticket for the both of us, we started buying our own separate tickets with the same numbers.

โ€œI went into complete shock when I got a call from my friend late one night telling me weโ€™d won on our Powerball numbers. She told me Iโ€™d won $100,000 and sheโ€™d won $50,000 because she forgot to add the Power Play to her ticket. It is so exciting and fun to experience together.โ€

Cawley visited Lottery headquarters recently to claim her prize. With her winnings, she plans to take her family on a trip and then save the remainder.

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