Overview

• The ticket matched four of five white balls plus the Powerball in the September 6 drawing, qualifying for a $50,000 prize.
• Because the player had added the Power Play option, the payout was doubled to $100,000.
• The winner, a woman in her mid-40s from Wyandotte near Detroit, said she used a number combination generated by ChatGPT.
• She initially believed she had won $50,000 before her Michigan Lottery account confirmed the Power Play boost to $100,000, which she described as a surprise to her and her husband.
• UPI first reported the account now widely republished, as the Michigan Lottery reiterates that AI cannot predict lottery outcomes.