In a delightful twist of fate, Tammy Carvey, a 45-year-old resident of Michigan, used artificial intelligence to help her win a sizable jackpot in the recent Powerball drawing. Carvey struck gold with a $100,000 prize in September’s enormous $1.787 billion Powerball jackpot after turning to ChatGPT to randomly generate her lottery numbers.
“I asked ChatGPT for a set of Powerball numbers and those are the numbers I played,” Carvey explained after she collected her winnings, as reported by KARE 11. She typically participates in the lottery only when the jackpot exceeds $1 billion, prompting her to purchase a ticket this time around.
Carvey matched four of the winning white Powerball numbers, which earned her an instant $50,000. She had also opted for a Power Play feature, which effectively doubled her total winnings to an astounding $100,000. Initially thinking that she had won $50,000 based on a Google search, she was pleasantly surprised to discover the full extent of her fortune when she logged into her Michigan Lottery account and realized her ticket’s power play had pushed her winnings higher. “My husband and I were in total disbelief,” Carvey recounted.
The new millionaire intends to use her unexpected windfall to settle her mortgage and save the remaining amount for future needs. While she embraced AI assistance in choosing her numbers, the Michigan Lottery emphasized that winning remains a matter of chance: “The results of all Lottery drawings are random and cannot be predicted by utilizing artificial intelligence or other number-generating tools.”
Carvey’s victory is not an isolated incident. She joins a growing list of lottery players who have found success using AI. Another recent winner, Carrie Edwards from Virginia, hit a significant $150,000 prize by opting for numbers generated by ChatGPT, demonstrating the unpredictable nature of luck in the world of lottery games.
Tammy Carvey’s story serves as a fascinating example of how technology intersects with chance, sparking hope and excitement among lottery players everywhere. This highlights the randomness of lottery wins while opening doors for innovative approaches to age-old games of chance.