“Freedom!” That was Calvin Lowrey’s very first thought last night when he took his turn on the Michigan Lottery’s The Big Spin show and landed on a $300,000 jackpot. The 67 year old Van Buren County man is now shopping for a house as a result.
Lowrey, who lives in Paw Paw, won the big prize after spinning the prize wheel on The Big Spin show hosted by Detroit Pistons basketball champion John Salley. Lowrey was selected to participate in the show after entering non-winning The Big Spin tickets at MIBigSpin.com.
Lowrey says, “When the wheel stopped on $300,000 all I could think was: ‘Man, freedom!'” He adds, “It feels great to win so much money and know I can buy a house and share my good fortune with my family!”
Lowrey was one of five players selected for The Big Spin show by a random drawing. Ten more players will be selected to participate on The Big Spin show. Additional The Big Spin second chance drawings are scheduled to take place on October 31st and January 2nd, 2020.
Each player 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.
Twenty players will be selected to appear on the Lottery’s The Big Spin televised events, which will air shortly after evening Lottery drawings. Players may submit non-winning The Big Spin ticket Spin Codes at www.MIBigSpin.com. By entering codes, players will earn entries for the drawings for the opportunity to appear on television and spin the big wheel.
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 $14 million playing The Big Spin. More than $61 million in prizes remain, including three $1 million top prizes, four $10,000 prizes, and 115 $1,000 prizes.
In 2018, Lottery players won more than $1 billion playing instant games, which may be purchased at the Lottery’s 10,500 retailers across the state.
Click the link below for video from The Big Spin show:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDXcXo4vR4OiPjZ6n0tYw5chuib9Cks6m
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, follow the Michigan Lottery on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and online at www.michiganlottery.com.
