Michigan woman wins $100,000 Powerball with ChatGPT picks

Tammy Carvey of Wyandotte, Michigan, said she asked the artificial intelligence chatbot ChatGPT to generate Powerball numbers and those selections helped her win a $100,000 prize in the Sept. 6 drawing. Carvey, 45, bought the ticket online through the Michigan Lottery after the jackpot reached about $1.787 billion, and matched four of the five white balls plus the red Powerball.

Carvey initially believed she had won $50,000, the standard prize for matching four white balls and the Powerball, after checking results online. She later discovered she had purchased the Power Play multiplier, which was 2X for that drawing and doubled nonjackpot prizes to $100,000. "I asked ChatGPT for a set of Powerball numbers and those are the numbers I played," she said. "Google told me it was a $50,000 prize, so that's what I thought I'd won. It wasn't until I logged into my Michigan Lottery account that I realized I added the Power Play to my ticket and actually won $100,000! My husband and I were in total disbelief."

Carvey collected her prize at Michigan Lottery headquarters and said she plans to pay off her home and save the remainder. She bought the ticket online and confirmed the win through...