ChatGPT’s “lucky” Powerball numbers scored a $100K win
By: Katrina Morgan
While officials say AI can’t predict your lucky numbers, one Michigan woman used ChatGPT to select her Powerball numbers and won big.
WASHINGTON — A Michigan woman won the lottery last month with a little unexpected help.
Tammy Carvey of Wyandotte won $100,000 in the Sept. 6 Powerball drawing after using a set of numbers generated by ChatGPT. She recently visited the Michigan Lottery headquarters to claim her prize and told officials the story.
“I only play Powerball when the jackpot gets up there and the jackpot was over $1 billion, so I bought a ticket,” the 45-year-old, who bought her ticket as the Powerball jackpot rose to the second highest in history — $1.787 billion — said in a release from the Michigan Lottery.
“I asked ChatGPT for a set of Powerball numbers and those are the numbers I played,” she said.
Carvey matched four white balls and the Powerball, which normally wins $50,000. Since she paid extra for the Power Play feature, which multiplies non-jackpot prizes, her total was doubled to $100,000.
“Google told me it was a $50,000 prize, so that’s what I thought I’d won,” she said. “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 added that she plans to use the winnings to pay off her home and save the rest.
The Michigan Lottery noted that while Carvey’s win makes for a fun story, stating, “the results of all Lottery drawings are random and cannot be predicted by utilizing artificial intelligence or other number generating tools.”
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