Michigan Lottery online and app
Yes, the Michigan Lottery sells draw-game tickets online, on its site and its app, to players 18 and over who are physically in Michigan when they buy. Everything here comes from the lottery's own help pages, read on 28 October 2026.
A note on what I could read
The Michigan Lottery's main site, michiganlottery.com, loads its pages in a way my reader couldn't open today, so the game pages themselves came back empty. Its help pages, on faq.michiganlottery.com and help.michiganlottery.com, did open, and they are the lottery's own. Every quote below is from them.
What it sells online
The help page on buying a draw game online says: "Currently available for purchase online: Mega Millions, Powerball, Lotto 47, Fantasy 5, Millionaire for Life." You pick an Easy Pick, a saved favorite or your own numbers, choose the add-ons and the number of draws, and check out, on the phone or on a computer. The page says "The price will update according to the add-ons and number of draws you selected," which is as it should be.
The mobile app FAQ says the app is on "most iOS and Android mobile devices," and that you need an account "to use the ticket scanner, to play and purchase games online, and to play Daily Spin to Win."
Who can buy
The lottery's page on what a Michigan Lottery account is says the account is "open to United States residents, at least 18 years of age or older," that you must "pass an identity verification process, which requires the submission of the last four digits" of your Social Security number, and that "You must be physically located in Michigan to make purchases." Registration is free.
Here's the snag. The app FAQ describes the players as "Michigan residents 18 years of age and older" who are "physically located in the state of Michigan at time of purchase." One page says United States residents, the other says Michigan residents. Both agree on the part that matters most, which is that you have to be in Michigan when you buy. If you live out of state and plan to play while visiting, I'd ask the lottery which page is right before I deposited a dollar.
Money in, money out
The payment methods page lists "ACH - Bank Transfer," "Credit or Debit Card," "Online Game Card" and "PayPal." The app FAQ says "The minimum purchase amount is $5 for draw game purchases and $10 for deposits." I found no fee from the lottery on those pages.
Online prizes, according to the page on claiming an online prize, work like this.
| Online prize | What the lottery says happens |
|---|---|
| $600 and below | "automatically be deposited into the player's wallet" |
| Over $600 | Claimed online, one prize at a time, from the account's prize history; the net prize goes to the wallet |
After that, "Winnings of $10 and greater are immediately available for withdrawal." That page doesn't say what happens to a very large online prize. The lottery's general claims page says a prize of $100,000 or more "must be claimed at the Lottery headquarters" in Lansing, but it is written about paper tickets, and I wouldn't assume it covers an online win until the lottery says so.
Subscriptions and limits
Michigan sells subscriptions. The subscriptions FAQ calls one "a recurring payment feature" for the five online draw games, and says "A subscription remains active indefinitely until cancelled." You're billed weekly once it's running.
The deposit limit page shows a daily or weekly limit you set in your account. The page doesn't say how fast a change takes effect.
My read
As the lottery describes it, this is a working online shop for the draw games, with the prizes paid back into the same wallet, a low $5 minimum and a free account. The claim process for mid-size prizes is done online, which beats a trip to an office.
What I don't like is small but real. Two of its own pages disagree on who may open an account, and the online claims page goes quiet above the mid-size prizes. Neither is a reason to stay away. Both are reasons to ask before you need the answer.
The subscription is the feature I'd treat with the most care. "Indefinitely until cancelled" is a bet you've placed on every draw from now on, and it's easy to forget it's running. I'd set the weekly deposit limit first and the subscription second, so the limit is in charge. The responsible gambling page has the help lines.
For how official online sales work in general, see buying lottery tickets online. The other state guides are on the buy online page.