Michigan Lotto 47 Number Generator

Lotto 47 is the six-number jackpot game run by the Michigan Lottery (Bureau of State Lottery). It is sold only in Michigan, through Lottery retailers and on michiganlottery.com. The Lottery's annual reports called it Classic Lotto 47, a name that survives in its web address. As with every Michigan Lottery game, the money it raises supports the School Aid Fund.

The current game was introduced on May 15, 2005, replacing WINFALL. The name had been used before. Michigan's lotto history, as the Lottery's 2007 annual report lists it, runs:

• August 13, 1984: the first Lotto, 6 of 40
• April 13, 1986: Super Lotto, 6 of 44
• December 3, 1989: the original Lotto 47, 6 of 47
• March 14, 1993: Bonus Lotto, 6 of 47
• December 5, 1993: Michigan Lotto, 6 of 49
• February 25, 2001: Michigan Millions, 6 of 51
• January 22, 2003: WINFALL
• May 15, 2005: Classic Lotto 47, the game sold today

Since then the matrix has stayed 6 of 47. EZmatch was added on April 13, 2014, online sales began in January 2016, and the Double Play drawing arrived in January 2019. In fiscal year 2025, which ended September 30, 2025, the Lottery reported $55.4 million in Lotto 47 sales, $6.9 million in Double Play and $1.9 million in EZmatch.

Lotto 47 is drawn twice a week, on Wednesday and Saturday at 7:29 p.m. (Michigan time). Each drawing produces six different winning numbers between 1 and 47, with no bonus ball, and a ticket wins on how many of its six numbers are among them, in any order. Drawings air on the Lottery's TV partners, among them WDIV-TV 4, WLAJ-TV 53, WGTU-TV 29/WGTQ-TV 8 and WMKG-TV 40.

On draw nights, tickets for that evening's drawing can be bought until 7:08 p.m., in store or online. From 7:10 p.m. store terminals sell for the following drawing, which is three or four days away, and online sales for it open as soon as the 7:08 p.m. cut-off passes. The optional Double Play drawing follows each regular Lotto 47 drawing, using the same 1-47 number pool.

Checked: 2026-11-04, source: Michigan Lottery, Lotto 47.

One Lotto 47 play is $1.00. At a store you can fill up to 10 panels on one ticket and use the multiple-draw area to cover as many as 60 consecutive drawings. At two drawings a week, that is about 30 weeks of Wednesdays and Saturdays. Ask for a Replay within 31 days to reprint an old ticket's numbers for the next available drawing. Issued tickets can't be canceled.

Add-ons at the counter:

• Double Play, $1.00 extra per panel, per draw: your six numbers play again in a second drawing with doubled lower prizes and a $1.5 million top prize.
• EZmatch, $1.00 extra per ticket: six EZmatch numbers are printed below your Lotto 47 numbers. If any of them matches one of yours, you win the prize shown next to it straight away, from $2 to $500, with overall EZmatch odds of 1 in 5.

On michiganlottery.com, players choose Easy Pick bundles ($5 for 5 tickets, $10 for 10, $15 for 15) or enter six numbers of their own. They can also use Combo My Numbers, which takes 7 to 10 numbers and buys every six-number set they contain: 7 tickets from 7 numbers, 28 from 8, 84 from 9 and 210 from 10. Online orders can be saved as favorites or turned into a subscription billed weekly, one week ahead, with the first charge covering two weeks.

Checked: 2026-11-04, source: Michigan Lottery, Lotto 47.

Six numbers out of 47 can be combined in 10,737,573 ways. Besides the single jackpot combination, 246 combinations match five numbers (6 × 41), 12,300 match four and 213,200 match three. Added up, 225,747 tickets in every 10,737,573 win something, which is 1 in 47.56. The Lottery publishes that as 1 in 47. Two matching numbers win nothing. Double Play is drawn from the same 47 numbers, so its odds are identical. The jackpot is about 18.6 times harder to hit than Michigan Fantasy 5's 1 in 575,757. You can compare any other matrix with our lottery odds calculator.

How the jackpot grows: it starts at $1 million and is guaranteed to rise by at least $50,000 after each drawing without a six-number match. It keeps climbing until somebody wins, then resets to $1 million for the next drawing. Several jackpot winners split it equally. The $2,500, $100 and $5 prizes are fixed. The official Lotto 47 page mentions no rolldown and sets no jackpot ceiling. Winners of the jackpot or of the $1.5 million Double Play top prize choose between a lump-sum cash option for their share and an annual payout over the next 30 years. They have 60 days from the date they claim to ask for the cash option.

Checked: 2026-11-04, source: Michigan Lottery, Lotto 47 prize tables.

Sign the ticket before anything else, because an unsigned ticket is a bearer instrument. Draw-game prizes, Lotto 47 included, must be claimed within one year of the draw date, or they're forfeited. The amount decides where to go:

• $5, $10, $100 and $200 prizes (and EZmatch wins) are under $999.99, so any Michigan Lottery retailer can pay them if it has the cash.
• $2,500 and $5,000 prizes are claimed at a Lottery Claim Center by appointment, or by mail with the signed ticket and a Ticket Receipt Form. Bring a photo ID and Social Security card. You get a W-2G form, since these prizes are $2,000 or more, but no tax is withheld at $5,000 or less.
• Jackpots and the $1.5 million Double Play prize are annuity-option prizes and must be claimed at Lottery headquarters, 101 E. Hillsdale Street, Lansing. Call Player Relations at 844-917-6325 for an appointment.

On any prize over $5,000, the Lottery withholds 24% federal and 4.25% state income tax (30% federal for non-U.S. residents). It also deducts debts owed to the State of Michigan from prizes of $1,000 or more. A Lotto 47 winner of $10,000 or more can't be publicly named without written consent.

Checked: 2026-11-04, source: Michigan Lottery, How To Claim Prizes.

Generate one to ten sets of six numbers above, then write them on a Lotto 47 playslip, or enter them under Pick My Numbers online, before 7:08 p.m. on a Wednesday or Saturday. If you'd rather not copy numbers by hand, the playslip's Easy Pick box gets you a terminal-chosen line instead. See the quick pick guide for the general steps, and read why a random line is no prediction of the next Lotto 47 draw.

Michigan Lottery purchases are limited to players aged 18 and over. For confidential help with gambling, the Lottery lists 1-800-GAMBLER (24/7) and the text line 800GAM. Read more about responsible play.