Monroe County Man Wins $150,000 Powerball Prize from the Michigan Lottery

A Monroe County man got the surprise of a lifetime when he logged into his Michigan Lottery account early in the morning and saw a $150,000 Powerball prize pending!

Jonathon Kapus, of Temperance, matched four white balls and the Powerball – 22-27-44-52-69, PB: 09 – in the April 6 drawing to win a $50,000 prize. Thanks to the Power Play, the prize was multiplied to $150,000. He bought his winning ticket online at MichiganLottery.com. Temperance is about 40 miles southeast of Ann Arbor.

“I bought a Powerball ticket since the jackpot was over $1 billion,” said Kapus. “I saw an email from the Lottery at 6 a.m. the morning after the drawing about claiming a prize. When I logged in to my account and saw I’d won $150,000, it felt unreal! I showed my wife, and she couldn’t believe what she was seeing.

“Winning such a large prize was very unexpected, but exciting. You always think ‘what if,’ but you never think it will actually happen to you, until it does!”

Kapus, 32, visited Lottery headquarters recently to claim his prize. He plans to put his winnings towards building a new house.

Powerball plays may be purchased for $2 each at Lottery retailers across the state and online at MichiganLottery.com. A “Power Play” option that multiplies non-jackpot prizes by up to 10 times to a maximum of $2 million may be added to any Powerball play for only $1. For an additional $1 per play, Double Play may be added to a Powerball ticket, giving players a second chance to win up to $10 million in the nightly Double Play drawing.

The Powerball drawing takes place at 10:59 p.m. on Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday and may be watched live online at: http://www.powerball.com. Powerball tickets are sold in 45 states, Washington D.C., U.S. Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico.