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Wisconsin man wins $1.4 million playing 4 identical ticketsNews Story
A man holding four winning lottery tickets each worth $350,000 has claimed his prize, a Wisconsin lottery official said Thursday. Tobin Thomas of Slinger won a total of $1.4 million in the state's SuperCash drawing Tuesday. SuperCash winnings are paid in a lump sum, which will work out to about $950,000 after taxes, lottery spokeswoman Jessica Iverson said. A telephone number for Thomas in Slinger was disconnected. No other contact information was available. Unlike other lotteries th
Jan 19, 2007, 10:09 am - Lottery News

Wisconsin couple wins $15.4M Megabucks lottery jackpotNews Story
The winners of the biggest Megabucks jackpot won in Door County were introduced Monday in Fish Creek. The shock of winning still hasn't gone away for the lucky couple. Nearly 30 years of playing the lottery made Pat and Chuck Stage occasional winners. Monday's trip to the Fish Creek BP made them multi-millionaires. Pat's played the same numbers for years but never heard them all on the news until two Wednesdays ago. She started checking the numbers, and I heard a blood-curdling scream,
Oct 31, 2006, 7:18 am - Lottery News

Wisconsin Lottery Posts Record QuarterNews Story
Lottery Topped Sales Of $142 Million The Wisconsin Lottery said it has had its best quarter ever. The lottery posted sales of just more than $142 million from January through March, the third quarter of the state's fiscal year. Previously, the fourth quarter of 1995 was the best when sales grew to nearly $140 million. The lottery has generated $391 million in sales through the first three quarters of the current fiscal year, thanks largely to a record Powerball jackpot won by eight w
Apr 12, 2006, 8:21 am - Lottery News

Same lottery numbers win game twiceNews Story
Got a lucky lotto number? You might want to stick with it. Wisconsin lottery officials report the same combination has won the SuperCash game twice within ten days. SuperCash is drawn using a computerized drawing machine, rather than a traditional lottery ball machine. The winning numbers 4, 5, 10, 16, 25 and 29 came up January 30th and again February 9th. State lottery mathematician JonMichael Rasmus says the odds of that happening are about one in 326,000. He says it's like flipp
Feb 14, 2006, 2:09 pm - Lottery News

Wisconsin Megabucks lottery winners come forwardNews Story
And the winners are ... Brian Schultz of Oak Creek and his two sons, Todd and Matthew.They've finally come forward and are splitting an $11.1 million Megabucks lottery jackpot from the Christmas Eve drawing, lottery officials announced Tuesday.The winning ticket was purchased at Gary's Beer and Liquor in Oak Creek.A news conference was scheduled at the store Wednesday for the winners to tell their story and answer questions.The liquor store earns a commission of $100,000 for selling the ticket.
Jan 26, 2006, 7:24 am - Lottery News

WI Lottery Player Strikes It Rich on ChristmasNews Story
A Wisconsin Megabucks player is more than $11 million dollars richer this Christmas.The Wisconsin Lottery says the winning ticket worth $11.1 million dollars was sold at Gary's Beer and Liquor in Oak Creek.The winning numbers for last night's drawing were 8-11-19-27-39-40.The ticket holder has 180 days from Christmas Eve to claim the prize.It's the largest Megabucks jackpot won since April of 2002 when a $13.5 million winning ticket was sold in Reedsburg.
Dec 26, 2005, 10:12 am - Lottery News

Powerball lottery winnings to educate kids, fund parents' honeymoonNews Story
Jay and Lory Schabo of Center, Wisconsin, said their life will not change that much after winning a $853,492 Match 5 Bonus Prize in the October 19th Powerball drawing.It means college money for their three children and a honeymoon they never had a chance to celebrate when they were married 15 years ago. We're going to take care of our kids, Lory Schabo told reporters Tuesday, clearly nervous under the glare of television lights. We're going back to our normal lives. We're quiet people. There w
Oct 26, 2005, 10:09 am - Lottery News

Follow-Up: Couple’s lottery 5-week winning streak was simple luckNews Story
When Jeffrey Hintz won the Wisconsin Lottery s second-chance drawing five weeks in a row, some in state government got a little suspicious.Turns out, Hintz just got lucky, an investigation concluded.Investigators with the state s Department of Revenue found no signs of fraud in his five-week winning streak in March and April.Hintz and his wife, Lisa, have won almost $73,000 in cash prizes from the state lottery since 1999. More than $65,000 came from drawings.But the couple s five-week winning s
Jul 24, 2005, 2:13 pm - Lottery News

Power failure shuts down Wisconsin lottery salesNews Story
A computer system outage prevented Wisconsin lottery players from purchasing tickets or validating winning tickets for such games as Powerball or Pick 3 for about three hours, a state Department of Revenue spokeswoman says.Ticket sales and prize validations for computerized games were affected when the outage occurred Monday about 11:30 a.m. at GTECH, which provides the Wisconsin Lottery with hardware and software for lottery sales, Meredith Helgerson said.A battery backup system failed to kick
Jul 12, 2005, 10:00 pm - Lottery News

Wisconsin Lottery lost $212,000 in Super Bowl drawingNews Story
The Wisconsin Lottery lost $212,000 after it pulled out of a special drawing offering tickets and travel to the 2004 Super Bowl.The drawing was organized by a group that included NFL Hall of Famer Lynn Swann, according to an audit released Wednesday.Wisconsin Lottery spokesman Andrew Bohage said the state has considered legal action to recoup the money it lost after the NFL objected to the drawing. But he said lottery officials have held back because they are unsure if a suit would succeed. We r
May 12, 2005, 11:09 am - Lottery News