06/24/09 Circle Woman Wins $1,000,000. Marilyn and Chris Bateson of Circle hit the Montana Powerball lotto. The Schmidt’s Super Valu store sold this winning lotto in Circle.
She won the Lottery’s Scratch games, Cash Spectacular. Back on May 1, Hansen brought a Spin Again Slingo ticket to the Lottery and claimed $25,000, which is the top prize in the Slingo game. She bought these winning lotto tickets at the Market Basket on South Frontage Road in Billings.
Adam and Mandy Clark of East Missoula are the lucky Poweball new millionaires. Adam played a $2 Powerball on 04/15/09 with Power Play quick pick ticket from Ole’s store in Missoula on his way home. I buy tickets a few times a month,” Adam said. Mandy added, Adam was the buyer and I was the checker.
03/12/09 Big Sandy Woman Claims $5,000 Geraldine Alex has picked up her $5,000 Wild Card prize from the Montana Lottery. The Super 1 Foods store in Kalispell 1346 Highway 2 East sold this winning Montana lotto ticket. Alex hit all 5 whites for the 3/7/09 Wild Card lottery.
Joni Cabrera of Billings won $20,000 with the Montana Cash lotto. The Holiday store 32nd Street and King Avenue in Billings sold this winning quick pick ticket.
Gary Lawrence of Billings won $5,001 Wild Card lotto jackpot. The Jackpot Heights Casino 2030 Main Street, in Billings sold this winning wildcard lotto ticket.
The Hopkins of Livingston have claimed thier $10,000 jackpot The Albertsons store in Livingston sold this winning lotto ticket. I couldn’t believe it, Steve said “I thought I was only going to win $10.”
Mike Trosper of Ronan has claimed a $105,000 Wild Card jackpot prize from Montana Lottery headquarters. Trosper bought his winning ticket from Grantree Conoco located at 1417 North 7th Avenue in Bozeman for the December 31 drawing. Mike said he an occasional lotto player, but doesn't normally play Wild Card. Mike’s winning ticket hot all 5 of 5 and the Wild Card. The winning Wildcard numbers were 2-3-8-20-25 and the Wild Card was the Queen of Clubs. He said he will use his winnings to pay some bills.
Montana has a new Millionaire! Mike McGivern of Butte claimed his $1 million prize The Town Pump located on Harrison and Elizabeth Warren in Butte sold this winning lottery ticket. Mike played just one Montana Millionaire ticket for the game. “I saw in the paper that the winner was sold at the Town Pump in Butte.
$227,245 Wild Card 2 Jackpot Claimed in Montana The winner picked up his $227K Wildcard 2 jackpot from the 12/15/08 lottery Total prize amount is $227,245 cash. McKenzie bought his winning ticket at Milligan's in Absarokee. He says he plays all four Lotto games— Powerball , Montana Cash, Wild Card and Hot Lotto on a regular basis, but this is the first time he's won much of anything. The people were stopping everyone in the store and making sure they all checked their tickets yesterday.
Kevin Lain of Belgrade has claimed a $10,000 Powerball prize from 11/26/08. The Albertsons store 6999 Jackrabbit Lane in Belgrade Montana sold this winning ticket. Kevin went to Albertsons to do some shopping. After he left the store he decided to go back inside to buy a Powerball ticket. I just had a feeling,” he said. When asked if he had plans for the money, Kevin replied. It will be a nice Christmas with family.
11/19/08 Joe Clark of Bozeman has claimed a $10,000 Hot Lotto prize from 11/12/08 lottery. Kum and Go located 1210 East Main in Bozeman sold this winning lotto ticket. Clark said "It'll be a nice Christmas".
Welcome, future millionaire. Yes, You, the one with $20 burning a hole in your pocket. Because that's all it takes to get in on the only Lottery game that offers a 1 in 150,000 chance to win $1 million. Tickets are on sale now.
It works like this: there are only 150,000 Montana Millionaire tickets. Which means your odds of winning don't diminish when more tickets are sold. When you buy a ticket, you'll be assigned a sequential number between 1 and 150,000. The winning numbers will be randomly chosen and posted here on January 2nd, 2009. See your authorized Montana Lottery retailer , tickets are $20 each and tickets are limited. See the state official web site for more info.
10/21/08 John and Wendy Thatcher have claimed their $200K Powerball lotto jackpot from the 10/18/08 drawing. Cono Mart Super Store 519 West Main Street in Laurel sold this winning Powerball ticket.
09-05-2008 $100,000 Cash Spectacular $1,250 Deluxe Bar Butte, Montana 09-04-2008 Lucky Times 10 $1,000 Hardin Interstate Texaco Hardin 09-03-2008 Ruby Red 7 s $7,777 S and S Foods Superior 08-27-2008 Money on the Line Bingo $10,000 Trading Post Billings, Montana
07/16/08 a winning Montana Wild Card lotto ticket, was sold at RD’s Party Shop in Butte.
Billings Woman Claims Jackpot Ivah Collins of Billings has claimed a $40,000 Montana Cash jackpot prize. She purchased this winning ticket from Kwik Way located at 1425 Highway 87 East in Billings. Collins occasionally plays Lotto, and favors the Montana Cash game because she likes the odds and the two plays for $1. Collins heard that there was a winner from Billings so she checked her numbers and soon realized she had the winning lotto ticket. It’s a pretty awesome rush, said Collins. I feel very blessed.
Commission Meeting Notice and Agenda Montana Lottery Headquarters, Helena, MT GENERAL BUSINESS, Call to Order, Director’s report MT Lottery Director Report Lotto FINANCIAL REPORT INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (IT) Information Technology Update Lottery meeting adjournment 10:30
Lindsay Petersen of Great Falls had a great Mother’s Day. She bought a Lottery Scratch ticket, and had a $10,000 winner, on her favorite Montana Lottery game. Then last week, she decided to give it a try. The winning ticket at the Kum / Go store at 625 1st Avenue North in Great Falls,MT. Petersen plans to buy her daughter a car, and probably pay some bills.
Terry Jenkins of Ennis has claimed a $10,000 Montana Powerball lotto prize on behalf of a lottery pool from Rio Tinto, a mining company, in Three Forks. Jenkins bought the winning ticket at Rocky Mountain Supply in Ennis for the April 26 drawing. Jenkins and three co-workers at Rio Tinto won $10,000 from Powerball. Jenkins joked, We were so close, yet so far away. When the Powerball jackpot reaches $200 Million, 19 additional co-workers join the pool. The pool only plays the Montana Powerball, and has been playing for 15 years. We never miss a draw. We always play the same numbers for every draw, Jenkins said. The Rio Tinto pool previously won a $5,000 Montana Powerball lotto prize. Jenkins said, We put our winnings back in the pool and kept playing. We’ll play ‘till we hit the jackpot!” Each of the four winners has a different plan for his prize.
Eureka,Montana: Brad Miller of Eureka has claimed a $200,000 Powerball prize from the Saturday night drawing. Miller bought his winning ticket at Ksanka Store in Eureka. Brad and his wife Trinia Holder drove to Helena last night, after finding out their ticket was worth $200,000. Actually, we still didn't believe it until it was checked at the Montana Powerball Lottery, said Trinia. We kept looking at it, and checking the numbers. It’s pretty unreal.
Usually Brad and Trinia play Scratch games, but will buy a Montana Powerball ticket or two when the jackpot is larger than usual.
Sam McAndrew of Gallatin Gateway has claimed a $30,000 Montana Powerball with Power Play prize from the March 5 drawing. McAndrew bought her ticket at Gateway Market in Gallatin Gateway. McAndrew has been buying $5 Powerball tickets with Power Play since the jackpot reached over $100 Million. Power Play is an option players can choose for an addition $1 per play. It multiples any prize you win, except the jackpot, up to five times. Last night’s Power Play number was three, making Sam’s $10,000 prize a $30,000 prize. McAndrew is the mother of four sons and has lived in Gallatin Gateway for 16 years. She works at the Boyne Resorts in Big Sky. Sam was in Ennis with one of her sons when her husband called to tell her there was a winner from Gallatin Gateway. Sam said she went and checked her tickets, and found out hers was the lucky ticket. Sam and her family plan to use the money to upgrade vehicles, although they're also thinking of going to the Gallatin Gateway Inn for dinner tonight.
So far today, two lucky Montana Lottery winners have claimed prizes from recent Lotto drawings. This morning, Terry Jensen of Belgrade arrived with his winning Montana Cash lotto ticket from the January 30 drawing. Jensen bought his ticket at Van’s County Market in Bozeman, Montana. His prize was $50,000.
Jensen is a regular Montana Powerball player, playing a set of his own numbers in Powerball, and then playing Quick Picks in Montana Cash. He is a native of the Gallatin Valley, and is an electrician for Current Electric. His plans include paying bills, maybe taking a vacation, and buying a new house for some property he has in Belgrade. Then, Sonia Silvan of Big Sandy brought her winning Montana Powerball with Power Play ticket to the Lottery. Sonia bought her ticket, also a Quick Pick, at Price Rite in Fort Benton, Montana. Her Montana lotto Powerball ticket matched four white balls plus the Powerball on the January 26 drawing. She wisely added Power Play which multiplied her $10,000 times x 2 for $20,000. She heard Monday morning that a ticket bought in Fort Benton, MT., was worth $20K, so she took her tickets to a nearby store. After she looked at the winning numbers and her Powerball ticket, she knew she had the winner. She went back to work. later called her family.
Gary and BJ Klipstein claimed the Million Dollar Prize in the Lottery’s Montana Millionaire game. Gary is an avid Lottery player, but always expected the game he'd win would be Montana Cash. I kept telling BJ we were going to win, said Gary. BJ said she’s a pessimist, and wasn't quite as confident as her husband. It still seems surreal, she said. Winning ticket at 24th Street Cenex in Billings. They plan on investing their money, and working with financial advisors so they can retire comfortably. The one splurge they are thinking about is a trip to Hawaii. I've wanted to go there, said B. J. Now it seems possible.
Wendy and Darrell Allen of Livingston have claimed a $200,000 Powerball prize from the November 24 drawing. The Allens bought their winning ticket at T J’s Gas / Convenience in Livingston. Coincidentally, T J’s recently sold another $200,000 Powerball ticket. On the February 10 drawing, Gary Zimmerman of Livingston also matched the first five balls, but not the Powerball, to claim a second-tier prize in Powerball. Neither Zimmerman nor Allen chose to add the Power Play option, which, in Zimmerman’s case, would have increased his winnings to $600,000. For the Allens, the November 24 Power Play number was Five, so their take would have been $1,000,000. That’s OK, said Wendy. I'm happy with $200,000. According to Wendy, the numbers they play are a combination of dates and ages. She said she was quite surprised to go onto the Lottery’s web site on the 24th. I saw my first number. Then the second. By the time I saw the third number, I was getting pretty excited.
Darrell and Wendy were planning some remodeling on their home, and are quite pleased they won't have to take out a loan for this project. Besides getting the house fixed up, they plan on paying off school loans, and setting money aside for their 7-year-old’s college expenses. No new vehicles for us, said Darrell. Although if we would have won the Million Dollars, maybe we'd buy a new car. The Allens are holding out hope that their Montana Millionaire tickets will end up being worth a new car for them. I might go buy one more ticket before the December 31 drawing, said Wendy.