Numbers picked by ChatGPT earn Michigan woman a $100,000 lottery prize

A Michigan woman used artificial intelligence program ChatGPT to generate a set of lottery numbers that earned her a $100,000 prize.

Tammy Carvey, 45, of Wyandotte, told Michigan Lottery officials she decided to buy a Powerball ticket online when the jackpot was high in September.

I only play Powerball when the jackpot gets up there and the jackpot was over $1 billion so I bought a ticket,” Carvey said. “I asked ChatGPT for a set of Powerball numbers and those are the numbers I played on my ticket.”

Carvey’s ticket matched four white balls and the Powerball in the Sept. 6 drawing, earning her a $50,000 prize that was doubled to $100,000 thanks to the Power Play option.

“When I checked the winning numbers, I saw I matched four white balls and the Powerball and knew I had to have won something,” 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.”