Lotto 47 FAQs

Drawings are held on Wednesday and Saturday nights at 7:29 PM ET.

The cut-off time for Lotto 47 tickets is 7:08 PM ET on draw nights.

There are just a few steps to play Lotto 47. To start, select six numbers from 1 to 47, or get an Easy Pick if you want to use random numbers. See the How to Play page for more information.

The minimum age to play any Michigan Lottery game is 18.

You can play the same numbers in up to 60 consecutive draws.

A single Lotto 47 play costs $1. To add Double Play costs an additional $1, while it is also an extra $1 to add EZmatch.

Double Play is a second draw that takes place just after the main Lotto 47 draw, with another set of numbers selected at random. Your numbers are also entered into this draw (if you’ve added it to your ticket), giving you another chance to win prizes. Double Play cannot be played on its own.

If you add EZmatch, a series of random ‘EZmatch’ numbers will be printed on your ticket. If any of these match your Lotto 47 numbers, you win the prize amount shown on your ticket without even having to wait for a draw to take place.

Prizes start at $5 for matching three numbers. The value of payouts goes up as you match more, right up to the jackpot for getting all six numbers. The jackpot starts at $1 million.

Yes, there is no limit to how high it can grow, so the jackpot keeps rolling until it is won.

The biggest Lotto 47 jackpot ever was $32.2 million and it was won on November 7, 2020. Two ticket holders – one from Ferndale and one from Lake Odessa – split the prize, so they each received more than $16 million.

You can decide whether to take the jackpot as an annuity (paid out annually over 30 years) or a lump sum. The same applies for the Double Play jackpot of $1.5 million.

Yes, if you win $10,000 or more, you would have to give your consent before the Michigan Lottery could release details of your identity.

The overall odds of winning a prize are 1 in 47. The odds of winning the jackpot are 1 in 10,737,573. Take a look at the Odds and Prizes page to find out about your chances of winning in each prize level.

You have one year from the draw date to claim any prizes you win. See the page on Claiming Prizes for more information on what you need to do if you win.

Yes, prizes above $5,000 are taxed at a federal level, plus there’s a state withholding of 4.25 percent.