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Wisconsin Lottery sorts mixup on Badger 5 numbersNews Story
The Wisconsin Lottery will pay on two sets of winning numbers from Monday's Badger 5 drawing after a mix-up caused confusion over which five numbers were actually drawn, a lottery official said Tuesday.The Wisconsin Lottery sent the media a winning combination of three, five, 15, 19 and 29, the correct numbers drawn Monday night, spokesman Andrew Bohage said. But lottery employees mistakenly substituted a 25 for the 29 in the numbers posted on its Web site.Bohage said neither combination produce
Apr 14, 2004, 7:25 am - Lottery News

Two Wisconsin brothers arrested in lottery tickets theftNews Story
Two brothers from Antigo, Wisconsin were jailed Tuesday after they were caught trying to cash stolen lottery tickets.The Shawano County Sheriffs Department said the tickets were among 2,184 Wisconsin Lottery tickets taken from a burglary at the Remington Oil gas station in Birnamwood about 3 a.m. Tuesday. Police said a front window had been smashed to gain entry to the station.Police were notified when three young men attempted to cash the stolen tickets here about 10 a.m. Birnamwood Police Chie
Mar 18, 2004, 4:20 am - Lottery News

State to end televised drawings of lotteryNews Story
Wisconsin Lottery officials said Monday they will no longer broadcast nightly drawings live on television and will stop producing a weekly game show that had aired for more than a decade.Cancelling the broadcasts reduces expenses for the state lottery. Acting lottery director Michael Edmonds says all lottery profits will be directed toward property tax relief.Edmonds said the broadcasts will stop as of Jan. 1. Drawings will continue to be monitored by Capitol Police and an independent auditing
Dec 9, 2003, 4:58 am - Lottery News

Woman accused of stealing lottery tickets bound over for trialNews Story
An Wisconsin woman accused of stealing thousands of dollars worth of scratch-off lottery tickets when she worked at Denny's Super Valu in Algoma has been bound over for trial.Mary Jo (Jody) DeNamur, 44, waived her right to a preliminary hearing Thursday in Kewaunee County Circuit Court. She is charged with five felony theft counts and one misdemeanor charge.DeNamur's attorney, Jeffrey Jazgar, said his client agreed to waive the hearing in exchange for a preliminary plea offer from the district a
Dec 8, 2003, 4:37 am - Lottery News

Lottery sales net Wisconsin $37 million in property tax reliefNews Story
The sale of Wisconsin Lottery tickets grew 25 percent from July 1 through Sept. 30 the first quarter of the current fiscal year, the Wisconsin Lotterys acting director said this week.The state lottery posted sales of a little more than $124.8 million as compared to $99.6 million in the same period last year, Michael Edmonds said. The sales were spurred by an increasingly strong scratch ticket market, a popular new online game and a large Powerball jackpot.The $124.8 million in sales produces an
Oct 30, 2003, 5:23 am - Lottery News

Wisc. Lottery validates man's $3.4 million Megabucks ticketNews Story
Wisconsin Lottery officials said Wednesday they had validated a ticket purchased by a New Berlin man as the winner of a $3.4 million Wisconsin Megabucks jackpot earlier this month. They said the ticket purchased at a Clark service station in New Berlin for the Sept. 3 drawing had been presented by Dennis Poppe.The ticket with the numbers four, six, 17, 25, 42 and 48 had been a quick pick selection with the numbers generated by computer rather than picked by the purchaser.The jackpot was the 50
Sep 18, 2003, 6:21 am - Lottery News

Welcome back — here’s $45,000News Story
When most people return home from vacation, theyre greeted with stacks of mail, overdue bills and a lawn thats grown knee high.When Rich Smith of Fond du Lac arrived home from vacation, he found out the lottery ticket he bought before leaving won him $45,000.My friends dont believe me because Im such a BS-er, Smith, 35, said, adding that he had to go around to his friends houses Wednesday and show them proof that he had won.Smith bought a weeks worth of Badger 5 Quick Pick numbers at Pump n Pant
Sep 5, 2003, 3:39 am - Lottery News