11/20/09 Boise – Idahoans may get the chance to play another multi-million dollar jackpot game this winter. The Idaho State Lottery Commission announced this morning that Mega Millions with Megaplier, the nation’s other big jackpot, multi-state draw game could have tickets available for sale in the Gem State by as early as January 31, 2010.
Tuesday morning, the five-member Idaho State Lottery Commission unanimously approved offering Mega Millions with Megaplier tickets in Idaho. Powerball with PowerPlay, Idaho’s other big jackpot game, will also continue to be sold in Idaho. Pending final agreements and approval between the Mega Millions consortium and the Multi-State Lottery Association Idaho could begin selling both games on January 31, 2010.
10/15/09 Double Play Daily Jackpot Winner Sold in Caldwell Boise– The Idaho Lottery is looking for a jackpot winner on its newest Idaho-only draw game, Double Play Daily. The winning ticket for last night’s draw was sold in Caldwell. The jackpot amount was for $28,214. The winning numbers for that draw were 06, 12, 14, 35, and 36.
09/2/09 Mary Lou Pierce of Buhl hit the Idaho Powerabll PowerPlay ticket hit 4 numbers and the Powerball.
The Idaho Lottery will offer their Two for Tuesday promotion of free draw-game tickets for Magic Valley players and retailers tomorrow, Tuesday, September 1, 2009 between the hours of 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. For the two hours of Tuesday’s promotion, players visiting any Idaho Lottery retailer in the greater Magic Valley area will have the opportunity to receive a free $2 Double Play Daily ticket with the purchase of a $2 Powerball/PowerPlay or a $2 Hot Lotto Sizzler ticket.
08/06/09 Lottery Offers Free Tickets for Two Hours on Tuesday 8/10/2009 Lottery Offers Free Tickets for Two Hours on Tuesday Boise – The Idaho Lottery is kicking-off their Two for Tuesday promotion of free draw-game tickets for northern Idaho players and retailers tomorrow,
2 Idaho Powerball Lottery players hit for that $299K cash jackpot. These 2 winning tickets were sold in Pocatello and Caldwell
Antonio Hernandez of Pocatello, Idaho celebrates 21st Birthday with a$27,000 Lottery Win He a Lucky Stars Cashword Lottery ticket from his future brother-in-law as a present for his 21st birthday that turned out to be a $27,000 winner. It was a great gift because I’m always teasing that I’m going to win the big one, joked Hernandez as he stood shaking in the Idaho Lottery’s Winners Lobby holding his winning check. Wow, I don’t really believe it. I really won the big one.” winning ticket was bought at the the Fred Meyer store on Yellowstone Avenue in Pocatello.
03/10/09 Gary Young said, I stared at the numbers on the computer screen in disbelief, said Young,I couldn’t eat my breakfast once I realized I’d won more than $100.
Gary hit all five of the first numbers last night. The KJ’s 66 station at the corner of Fairview and Cloverdale sold this winning Idaho Powerball lotto.
02/02/09 Idaho Lottery Continues Support of College of Southern Idaho Athletics; Offers Special Basketball Promotion
The Idaho Lottery announced today their ongoing support for the College of Southern Idaho Intercollegiate Athletics. The unique partnership includes promotional considerations and signage opportunities for the current basketball season. I am pleased we will be able to continue our support of Eagle Athletics for the 2009 and the 2010 seasons,” said Idaho Lottery Director Jeffrey R. Anderson. The Lottery and the College of Southern Idaho have worked collaboratively for over 5 years,include Idaho Lottery signage on the steps at the College of Southern Idaho Gym along with the creation of dynamic basketball promotions like the one currently running in the greater Magic Valley.
01/05/09 Powerball Tickets Printed in Error Boise,Idaho A small number of Idaho Lottery tickets printed for Powerball, beginning with this coming Wednesday night’s $105 million jackpot, were printed in error. This coming Wednesday night marks the first draw using a new game matrix for Powerball with different eligible numbers than were available for past games. Tickets eligible for Wednesday night’s draw went on sale at 8 PM Mountain Time Saturday, January 3, 2009.
During the upgrade of Idaho´s Powerball game, operator error resulted in a small number of Powerball tickets being printed in error during a short period of time,” said Zeke Chemodurow, Idaho General Manager for INTRALOT, Inc., the Idaho Lottery’s lotto-systems provider. “The ticket information and the locations where they were printed at have been identified and that information has been provided to the Lottery.”
Players who purchased an Idaho Lottery Powerball ticket between 8:00 PM and 8:52 PM Mountain Time on January 3, 2009 should contact Idaho Lottery Offices. Each Powerball ticket has a unique time stamp located on the front of the ticket above the serial numbers and the bar code at the bottom of the ticket. Players holding a ticket purchased during this time frame should contact the Idaho Lottery’s Customer Service Department beginning 01/05/09 during regular business hours from 8 AM to 5 PM Mountain Time to determine if ticket replacement is necessary.
12/14/08 $250,000 Christmas Present Arrives Early for Sandpoint Lottery Winner Boise – She was surprised when she scratched and won the top prize of $250,000 on Xtreme Winter Green. I'm absolutely thrilled. I don't have to worry about money for a long while ,exclaimed Andersen. Andersen purchased her winning ticket the Yokes Pac N Save store in Ponderay.I didn't believe it when I was scratching it, but all those zeros kept coming and coming,” described Andersen on her winning experience.
Idaho Falls Man Claims $200,000 Powerball Prize Boise–Last Saturday night’s $200,000 Powerball winner from Idaho Falls has claimed his Powerball winnings from the Idaho Lottery. Albert Richmond hit the first 5 numbers but not the Powerball. Jacksons Food Store 2265 S. Yellowstone Avenue in Idaho Falls sold this Powerball lotto winner. I am very grateful, said Richmond, who has lived in Idaho Falls for the past two years. This is truly unbelievable”
Magic Valley Area Man Wins $100,000 on Lottery Scratch Game Boise– Art Draper won $100,000 on the Idaho Lottery Scratch ticket. I didn't believe I had won when I scratched the ticket. And then I didn't sleep much that night either, said Draper, Stumpy’s Gas and Grub 498 W. 100 S. in Paul sold this winning ticket.
The Big Orange Ticket is Back. Lottery unveils 2008 $1,000,000 Raffle The Idaho $1,000,000 Raffle will officially kick-off sales November 7, 2008. Just like last year’s popular game, tickets will cost $10 each and the Idaho Lottery will only issue 250,000. As an Idaho-only game, Idaho $1,000,000 Raffle tickets are only available for sale through Idaho Lottery retail locations. This game is not sold in any other state, however, players do not need to be Idaho residents to play or win. Tickets will be issued sequentially from 1 through 250,000. No additional tickets will be issued once all 250,000 are sold. When they are gone, they're gone.
08/23/08 the Huskey’s Store in Swan Valley sold this winning $250,000 Lottery ticket It’s a 120 mile drive from Wyoming to the Huskey’s Store in Swan Valley Idaho on Highway 26, but one that Raymond Moore says is definitely worth making to play the Idaho Lottery. Raymond Moore cashed in a winning Xtreme Winter Green Scratch ticket for $250K.
$400,000 Winning Powerball Ticket Claimed in Boise (7/11/2008) Boise,ID., John Naillon is the latest big Powerball lotto winner in Idaho Naillon won $400,000 on 6/26/08 on Powerball ticket.
5/28/2008 Boise,Idaho: Charles Rexford of Arco, claimed his $200,000 Powerball winnings. Rexford collected his money during a visit to Idaho Lottery Headquarters in Boise on. The ticket was with a whole stack of other Idaho Powerball tickets in my wallet I've been collecting. Confessed Rexford on holding the winning ticket before checking it ten times on the Internet to make sure it was the winner. Maybe I ought to check all the other tickets, too. Charles bought the winning Idaho Powerball lotto ticket was sold at the Beardalls’ Bargain Barn in Arco.
4/16/2008 Northern Idaho Woman Wins $120,000 on Ticket Sold in Sandpoint
Boise,Idaho: Whoever said the holiday season doesn't last all year has never met Jeanne Bjergo, of Bayview! Bjergo won $120,000 on a 12 Days of Winning Holiday scratch ticket from the Idaho Lottery when she purchased her ticket from the Exxon Express located at 210 E Superior in Sandpoint, Idaho. My husband and I always buy Holiday scratch tickets at Christmas time. I hadn't won on 12 Days of Winning, and I knew there were some winners left, so I bought one,” explained Bjergo on her rationale for purchasing the game three months after the holiday season ended. Bjergo, along with her husband, who own the Bayview Mercantile store in the small resort community of Bayview, count this as the best belated holiday present ever. They plan on investing their money into making their business more successful.
We would like to become Idaho Lottery retailers at some point, confessed Bjergo who moved with her husband to northern Idaho four years ago. So what was it like becoming the second six-figure winner in northern Idaho just six weeks after Alice Massey of Rathdrum celebrated a $600,000 Powerball win? I had a lot of heart palpitations when the clerk checked the ticket and told me I needed to go to Boise to collect my winnings, described Bjergo.
Fortune Cookie Foretells $600,000 Idaho Powerball Winner, Nampa Store Sells Second Six-Figure Idaho Powerball Winner in a Week
Boise,Idaho: What are the odds a fortune cookie will foretell you getting a large sum of money and be true? What are the odds of the exact same store selling a $200,000 winning Idaho Powerball ticket one week and a $600,000 winner the next? And what are the odds of both being true together?
In the case of John Garcia, Eddie Dietrich, and Maverik Store #273 at 2516 W. Karcher Road in Nampa, all of the above is true and it happened late last week. Garcia and Dietrich claimed last Wednesday’s $600,000 winning Powerball ticket they bought at the exact same store that Pam Schoppe bought her winning $200,000 ticket for the February 26, 2008 draw – the week before. Long-time Idaho residents Garcia and Dietrich ordered Chinese food a few days before last Wednesday’s Idaho Powerball draw. The fortune cookie was still in Garcia’s wallet when they claimed their winnings and it said, You will inherit a large sum of money. On Wednesday, Dietrich knew he wanted a Idaho Powerball ticket and just happened to pull into the Maverikon Karcher Road unaware of Schoppe’s good fortune the week before.
That kind of thing is just completely random, but I'm glad the fortune cookie was right, said a happy Garcia as they became the eleventh $200,000 or higher Idaho Powerball winner in Idaho since October 2007. Their winning ticket matched all five numbers of last Wednesday’s Powerball drawing, but not the Powerball itself. It also had the PowerPlay multiplier which players can select for an extra $1 per play. The PowerPlay, chosen at the time of the draw, multiplies all non-jackpot winning tickets by the number chosen for the draw, in this case it was 3, turning the $200,000 winner into a $600,000 winning ticket. Garica and Dietrich have no immediate plans for their winnings other than taking care of some debt. After taxes they will take home $403,200. For their part in selling the two winning six-figure tickets, Maverik will earn a bonus of $70,000 from the Lottery.
Connie Goins received a phone call from her daughter recently telling her to check her Powerball tickets from the night before because there was a $200,000 winner in Emmett. Goins quickly pulled up the Idaho Lottery's website to check the numbers. I'm afraid someone else is going to win it, she said to her daughter. Goins regularly plays her own numbers, birthdays and anniversary dates for her family. As the two talked on the phone, Goins checked her numbers again. That's when it started to sink in she had a big winning ticket. Now wait a minute, that's a birthday, that's a birthday, and that's a birthday, and so is that one, she told her daughter excitedly. Next thing I knew, I had all five! Goins, the Gem County Treasurer was holding the winning $200,000 Powerball ticket from the Wednesday, March 5th draw that was sold at the Stinker Store in Emmett. It's just something else, she exclaimed.
According to Goins, she plays the numbers that her late husband always played: birthdays of their children and their anniversary. I was never much of a lottery player until Geno passed away. I found his play slips and have been using them ever since, she described. He always told me we were going to hit it. And Geno was right. The icon of Emmett and owner of Geno's barber shop passed away suddenly last September, pre-maturely ending a 35-year romance and marriage with his wife. His daughter, Niccole Welch, took over the business and now operates Studio 59 (named for the age of her father when he died) had to drive her mother in to Boise to collect their winnings. She was too nervous and excited to drive, confessed a happy Welch. Her plans for the winnings are what one might expect from an elected County Treasurer . I'm going to save it and invest for my retirement, she said before adding as an after-thought, I might paint my house and add a little color. Maybe even a Powerball on the wall. Geno always said, you can't win if you don't play, explained Goins on her philosophy. I just have a feeling in my heart that he was looking out for me and making life a little easier for us. The spirit of Geno Goins lives on.
$200,000 Winning Idaho Powerball Ticket Sold in Idaho Boise, ID. Calendar year 2008 is beginning the way 2007 ended for the Idaho Lottery with another $200,000 winner on Powerball. One lucky ticket, sold in Oneida County in Malad City matched all five numbers, but not the Powerball in last night’s $97 million draw. The winning numbers were 9, 18, 19, 38, 47 and the Powerball was 11. Malad City is in southeastern Idaho near the Idaho Utah border. As always, we are asking our players to check their tickets carefully, encouraged Jeff Anderson. Too frequently, a player will not match the Powerball and think they do not have a winning ticket. In this case, the winner matched all five numbers but not the Powerball and is holding a ticket worth $200,000.
This is the 6th major winning Idaho Powerball ticket sold since Idaho in October 15, 2007. The last large Idaho Powerball ticket, a $600,000 winner sold in northern Idaho in the town of Rathdrum for the December 15, 2007 draw, has yet to be claimed. This is the second $200,000 winner in three months for southeastern Idaho. The last was claimed by Kathleen Olsen of Logan, Utah on November 15, 2007. It is also a good idea for players to sign the back of their tickets prior to presenting them for payment to ensure their proper ownership, added Jeff Anderson. The holder of the winning ticket has 180 days to claim their prize from Lottery offices in Boise.
WWII/Korean War Veteran Claims $1,000,000 Raffle Prize Boise Veterans Day will have a new meaning for Bob Chester, a retired United States Marine, who bought his $1,000,000 winning raffle ticket very early in the morning on Veterans Day on November 11, 2007 just minutes after sales for the Idaho $1,000,000 Raffle had started. At the time, Chester, who was wearing a Idaho Lottery sweatshirt his wife had won when he visited the Idaho Lottery Offices, just knew he wanted a couple of raffle tickets. I bought some tickets and then probably went fishing, laughed Chester, the 79-year-old retiree from Boise, of the night he bought his first few tickets.