ChatGPT lottery pick earns Michigan woman six-figure prize

AI-assisted luck? Woman wins $100K with ChatGPT-generated ticket

ChatGPT helps woman win $100,000 in US lottery

A 45-year-old woman from Michigan won $100,000 in the Powerball lottery after using numbers suggested by ChatGPT, according to a report from Digi24, citing the UPI news agency.

Known for only playing when jackpots soar past a billion dollars, the woman said she turned to AI to generate her lucky numbers for the September 6 draw.

How the win happened

The Michigan resident matched four out of five white balls — plus the red Powerball — in the drawing, earning her $50,000.

But thanks to the “Power Play” option she added to her ticket, her prize doubled to a total of $100,000, according to News.ro, also cited by Digi24.

“I asked ChatGPT for a combination”

“I only play Powerball when the jackpot is huge, and this one was over a billion dollars, so I bought a ticket,” the woman told UPI, as reported by News.ro and Digi24.

“I asked ChatGPT for a combination of Powerball numbers and these are the ones I put on my ticket.” After checking the results online, she first believed she had won $50,000 — until logging into her Michigan Lottery account revealed that, thanks to the Power Play option, her prize had doubled to $100,000.

What she plans to do with the money

The woman told UPI, in comments cited by News.ro and published by Digi24, that she and her husband were stunned by the win.

“We couldn’t believe it,” she said. She plans to use the money to pay off her house and set some savings aside — a practical move in the wake of her unexpected, AI-assisted windfall.

Lottery officials issue a warning

While the story has amused social media and tech enthusiasts, “The results of all lottery drawings are random and cannot be predicted using artificial intelligence or other number-generating tools,” the Michigan Lottery warned, as quoted by Digi24.

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