First Time In History: Michigan Lottery Daily 4 Numbers Are 0-0-0-0

DETROIT (WWJ) - It's never happened before, but more than 1,000 Michigan Lottery players are happy it did. Last night's Daily Four winning numbers were 0-0-0-0.

The Michigan Lottery says a total of 1,079 lucky players won $5,000 apiece for matching the 0-0-0-0 straight in Sunday evening's drawing. It was the first time 0-0-0-0 has been drawn in the Daily 4 game, which began on Oct. 5, 1981.

The number of winners and prizes for the drawing dwarfed typical Daily 4 numbers, according to lottery officials. Over the last year, the average number of winners for a Daily 4 drawing is about 700, and the total average prize amount for a Daily 4 drawing is about $267,500.

This time the winners will split more than $5 million.

There are two Daily 4 drawings a day, seven days a week, at 12:59 p.m. and 7:29 p.m. Each play is $1.

Remember: About 97 cents of every dollar spent on Lottery tickets benefits the state in the form of contributions to the state School Aid Fund, prizes to players and commissions to retailers and vendors. In 2016, the Lottery provided a record $888.9 million to help support Michigan's public schools.