A Paw Paw man is one of five lucky Michigan Lottery players that have been selected to play The Big Spin game after winning The Big Spin second chance drawing. Calvin Lowrey has earned a shot at up to $2-million as a result of his second chance victory, and at the very least he will come away with $100,000 in the game.
These are the lucky winners who share in that opportunity:
- Donald Bassett, of Morley
- Robert Hill, of Almont
- Thomas Lindholm, of Gaylord
- Calvin Lowrey, of Paw Paw
- Deborah Zerbo, of Farmington Hills
Lowrey and each of the other four players selected will spin The Big Spin wheel and have a chance to win up to $2 million. All the players who spin The Big Spin wheel are guaranteed to win at least $100,000. The players will be featured on The Big Spin televised events beginning October 21st shortly after evening Lottery drawings.
Ten additional players will be selected to appear on the Lottery’s The Big Spin televised events. Players may submit non-winning The Big Spin ticket Spin Codes at www.MIBigSpin.com to be entered in drawings for the opportunity to appear on television with Lottery host and Detroit basketball champion John Salley.
Additional The Big Spin second chance drawings are scheduled to take place October 31st and January 2nd of 2020.
Each $10 The Big Spin ticket offers players a chance to instantly win prizes ranging from $10 up to $1 million. Players have won more than $12 million playing The Big Spin. More than $63 million in prizes remain, including three $1 million top prizes, four $10,000 prizes, and 119 $1,000 prizes.
In 2018, Lottery players won more than $1 billion playing instant games. Instant games may be purchased at the Lottery’s 10,500 retailers across the state.
About 97-cents of every dollar spent on Lottery tickets is returned to the state in the form of contributions to the state School Aid Fund, prizes to players and commissions to vendors and retailers. In the 2018 fiscal year, the Lottery provided more than $941.3 million for Michigan’s public schools, its fourth record contribution in a row.
Since it began in 1972, the Lottery has contributed more than $22 billion to support public education in Michigan. For additional information, you can follow the Michigan Lottery on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and online at www.michiganlottery.com.
