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Updated · Detroit News · Jul 26

Michigan Ticket Wins $1 Million Powerball Prize as $600 Million Jackpot Rolls to $633 Million

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Updated · Detroit News · Jul 26

Michigan Ticket Wins $1 Million Powerball Prize as $600 Million Jackpot Rolls to $633 Million

Q: With six $1 million winners nationwide, how much of that prize will they actually take home after federal and state taxes?

Each $1 million winner will not keep the full $1 million. At minimum, the lottery will withhold 24% for federal taxes, so the immediate payout would be about $760,000. But the likely final federal tax bill is higher. Because a $1 million lottery prize generally pushes a winner into the top federal bracket, many tax analyses estimate the effective federal hit at roughly 37% on the prize, leaving about $630,000 before state taxes. What they actually take home then depends on where the ticket was sold. Of the six $1 million winning tickets, the Texas and Washington winners are in states that do not tax lottery winnings, so their estimated take-home would be about $630,000 each after federal tax. Michigan taxes gambling winnings at the state income-tax rate, so the Rogers City winner would likely net about $588,000 after roughly 4.25% state tax on top of federal tax. Mississippi’s flat state income tax would leave that winner with roughly $590,000. North Carolina’s flat tax would put that winner around $582,000. Pennsylvania does not tax state lottery prizes, but Powerball prizes are generally treated as taxable income there, so that winner would likely keep about $599,000. Washington, as noted, would be around $630,000. Taken together, the six winners would likely keep roughly $3.6 million to $3.7 million combined after federal and state taxes, out of the $6 million awarded. Exact amounts can vary depending on each winner’s total income and filing status.

Q: Who bought the lucky $1 million Powerball ticket in Rogers City, and did they choose their own numbers or use Quick Pick?

The buyer has not been publicly identified, and there is no confirmed public information showing whether the Rogers City player selected the numbers personally or used Quick Pick. What is confirmed by the Michigan Lottery and related reports is that the $1 million Powerball ticket was sold at Basel Oil, 153 S. 3rd St., in Rogers City, after matching the five white balls in Saturday’s drawing and missing the Powerball. Lottery winners in Michigan are sometimes not named immediately, especially before a claim is filed or verified. In this case, the available reporting only identifies the retailer and the prize amount, not the winner’s identity or how the ticket was generated. Unless the Michigan Lottery releases claim details later, those two points — who bought it and whether it was a Quick Pick — remain unknown.

Q: How does missing a massive $600 million jackpot by just one single number psychologically impact a newly minted millionaire?

Missing the jackpot by one number can produce a mixed emotional whiplash: genuine joy at becoming a millionaire, followed by an intense sense of loss over the fortune that “almost” was. Psychologists call this a near-miss effect. Because the player matched all five white balls and missed only the red Powerball, the mind tends to focus less on the $1 million gain and more on the imagined $600 million that slipped away. That reaction is often driven by counterfactual thinking — mentally replaying how one tiny difference could have changed everything. Research on decision-making shows that people feel near misses more sharply than clear losses because the bigger outcome feels vividly reachable, even though lottery odds remain astronomically long. In Powerball, matching five white balls is itself extraordinarily rare, yet the brain often interprets “one number off” as “almost won,” which can amplify frustration. At the same time, most winners are unlikely to stay disappointed for long. A $1 million prize is still life-changing, even after taxes, and emotional adaptation tends to set in as practical realities take over: securing the ticket, consulting financial and legal advisers, and planning how to use the money. In that phase, the winner often shifts from fantasy-loss to real-world gain. So the most likely psychological impact is brief regret layered onto excitement. The near miss may sting, but the long-term experience is still much closer to winning than losing.

3 articles · Updated · Detroit News · Jul 26

$1 million went to a Powerball ticket sold at Basel Oil in Rogers City after it matched five numbers in Saturday night's drawing.
No one hit the $600 million jackpot, which required matching all five white balls and the red Powerball; the winning numbers were 47, 3, 36, 4, 24, with Powerball 17.
Monday's next drawing is now estimated at $633 million and is scheduled for 10:59 p.m.