Terminal-based games commenced on June 6, 1977, when the Daily 3 game was introduced. On October 7, 1975, the first instant game ticket was purchased.
He and his wife spent all their money on bus fare to Lansing and the first Michigan Lottery Commissioner, Gus Harrison, had a lottery agent drive the couple home. Millsaps was 53 years old, a native of Tennessee and worked at a Chrysler Automobile plant. Hermus Millsaps of Taylor, Michigan won the first $1 million prize on February 22, 1973. The Michigan Lottery began when the Green Ticket game started on November 13, 1972. The Michigan Lottery was initiated under the authority of Public Act 239 in 1972, and collects funds to support Michigan’s public school system.