A lucky feeling led a Kalamazoo lottery club to winning a $1 million Mega Millions prize!

The two-member Blue Bridge lottery club matched the five white balls in the Sept. 3 drawing to win the big prize: 12-41-43-52-55. They bought the winning ticket at the Y & K Party Store, located at 5658 South Division Avenue in Kentwood.

“Congratulations to the of the Blue Bridge lottery club on a huge $1 million Mega Millions win,” said Lottery Commissioner, Suzanna Shkreli. “The Blue Bridge club is one of six lucky winners of at least $1 million on the Mega Millions game in 2024!”

“I had a lucky feeling, so I stopped into the party store to buy a Mega Millions ticket,” said a club member. “When I went back to the store a few days later, I saw a new banner hanging up that said they sold a $1 million Mega Millions prize and was bummed it wasn’t me.

“A few days after that, I scanned some Lottery tickets I had in my wallet and got a message to file a claim on one of them. I took out my phone and scanned the Mega Millions ticket on my Lottery app, and when the amount of $1 million came up with confetti, I thought: ‘This cannot be real!’ I scanned it a few more times to make sure I was seeing it right.

“I always see the big Mega Millions and Powerball jackpots on billboards and say to myself: ‘I would be happy with just $1 million!’ It feels surreal that it actually happened!”

“Winning still hasn’t sunk in for our club, it feels like a dream for the club !” said the club’s representative, Austin Beaudet.

The club visited Lottery headquarters recently to claim their prize. They plan to invest their winnings.

Mega Millions drawings take place each Tuesday and Friday evening. Each Mega Millions play is only $2. For an additional $1 per play, players have the opportunity to add a “Megaplier” that can multiply non-jackpot prizes by up to five times. Mega Millions tickets are sold in 45 states, Washington D.C., and the U.S. Virgin Islands.