Michigan Lottery: Grand Traverse County man wins $6.79M Lotto 47 jackpot, year's biggest for the game

The Michigan Lottery has announced that a 48-year-old man from Grand Traverse County won a $6.79 million Lotto 47 jackpot, the biggest prize for the game so far this year. The headline of the source report refers to Chicago and gives a slightly different figure in its title, but the body of the text names Grand Traverse County and a $6.79 million prize, and that is the account used here.

The player matched all six winning numbers, 4, 16, 28, 30, 36 and 37, in the drawing held on 15 August 2026. He asked to remain anonymous. According to the lottery, he plays Lotto 47 and other draw games regularly and checked the results through the Michigan Lottery app on the day after the drawing. He said he could hardly believe what he saw when he realised he had matched every number.

The winner chose to receive the prize as a single lump sum rather than in annuity payments. That option reduced the total to $4.7 million. He told the lottery that he has already thought about how to use the money, including buying a house, investing part of it and taking a few trips.

The winning ticket cost $1. Lotto 47 has a base jackpot of $1 million, which increases with each drawing until a player wins the top prize.

The Michigan Lottery has reported several other large prizes in recent weeks. A Wayne County man won $2 million on the Big Money Pay Day instant game, and an Oakland County man won $1 million on the Ruby 7s game. A Macomb County man also won $1 million on the Cash Train game in August.