Michigan Lottery players routinely play their favorite games as new ones enter the market. Fantasy 5, for instance, happens to be a fan favorite with a large payout.
In just a few days apart, there were two anonymous Fantasy 5 jackpot winners. One purchased a winning $110,000 ticket at a Telegraph Fuel Stop in Dearborn Heights, while the other had a $100,000 winner at a Meijer store in Muskegon.
Game Details
Starting Jackpot: $100,000
Estimated Jackpot: $116,000
Ticket Cost: $1.00
Purchasing Options: Online and In-Store
Drawing Schedule: Daily at 7:29 p.m.
How to Play
Players begin playing by selecting five numbers ranging from 1 to 39. The Easy Pick option allows the machine to decide these for you.
Double Play is an additional feature in which the numbers are immediately used again in a second drawing, with that jackpot at $110,000. Another feature add-on is EZmatch, which gives players a number to try and match with the EZmatch number for a chance to win up to $500 instantly.
Keep in mind that every add-on will cost you one dollar each. At a minimum, with all the add-on’s, you can expect to pay at least three dollars a ticket.
Once the game has been purchased, you will need to wait for your results for the night. If you purchased after the drawing time for the night, you would have to check the results the following night.
Odds, Price, and Prizes
The odds will vary for each ticket and how you choose to customize the game. Some will spend more than others to have certain additional features, and it could slightly change the outcome.
The regular drawing has overall odds of 1 in 9. You can purchase another ticket to increase your chances. The two players that won the jackpot, their odds were 1 in 575,757.
The prizes range from $1, $10, $100, and then the current jackpot at the time of your purchase. The Double Play option features the exact same odds as the regular drawing, and the prizes have been doubled to $2, $20, $200, and then $110,000 for matching all five numbers.
With odds of winning an EZmatch prize being 1 in 5, this makes it an interesting play. Below are the EZmatch prizes and odds:
Prize – Odds
$500 – 1:84,000
$250 – 1:42,000
$100 – 1:14,000
$50 – 1:4,942
$20 – 1:2,100
$15 – 1:1,293
$10 – 1:132
$5 – 1:280
$4 – 1:77
$3 – 1:14
$2 – 1:10
