Wisconsin Lottery switches to computers to select winning numbers
Editor: The following is the full-text of a Press Release issued by the Wisconsin Lottery. It is important for Lottery Players to understand the emerging trend of computerized lottery drawings -- whether you are for or against them. More information about the subject can be found in the Lottery Post Petition for True Lottery Drawings.The Wisconsin Lottery is now one of more than a dozen U.S. lotteries to use random number generating computers to select the winning numbers for its nightly on-li ...
Nov 11, 2004, 3:57 pm - - Lottery News forum
Lottery jackpot magic strikes twice for Wisconsin family
Gerri Holat of St. Francis, Wisconsin, a Milwaukee suburb, has hit the Megabucks jackpot twice sort of.A dozen years after her father, John Smit of Franklin, won a $2.7 million Megabucks jackpot, her husband Dennis hit a $2.5 million jackpot.I always feel especially lucky whenever the jackpot gets around $2.5 million, and its because of Gerris dad, Dennis said.The Holats are regular Megabucks players, but Dennis didnt check his numbers for the Oct. 6 drawing until after the Oct. 13 drawing.His n ...
Oct 20, 2004, 1:28 pm - - Lottery News forum
Results of some Wisconsin lottery games delayed
Results of three evening drawings of Wisconsin Lottery games were delayed Saturday night.Lottery spokesman Andrew Bohage said the lottery has two computer systems whose information about wagers statewide and other details must match up exactly to call the results a legitimate drawing.He said a problem or discrepancy in the systems Saturday evening delayed the drawings for the Megabucks, SuperCash and Badger 5 games.State lottery staff, police and several independent auditors were cut off from ou ...
Oct 18, 2004, 8:07 am - - Lottery News forum
Wisconsin Couple Wins Hot Lotto Jackpot
A Wisconsin couple on Thursday claimed the record $10.8 million Hot Lotto jackpot.Mary and Bob Mikkelson of Holmen, Wis., said they aren't sure what they'll do with their winnings from the Sept. 15 drawing. They chose to accept the cash option of $6.4 million.On the day of the drawing, the Mikkelsons crossed the border and bought lottery tickets at Saver Stop on Twilite Street in LaCrescent, Minn. Bob Mikkelson was an avid lottery player, but before entering the store, Mary Mikkelson decided to ...
Oct 1, 2004, 8:41 am - - Lottery News forum
Wisconsin lottery ticket sales increase $7.4 million
Wisconsin lottery ticket sales increased $7.4 million in the last fiscal year, helping deliver more than $10 million in new property tax relief, according to a state audit released Thursday.Total ticket sales for the year that ended June 30, 2003, were $435 million, up from $427.6 million the year before, the Legislative Audit Bureau report said. More sales of instant game tickets accounted for the increase, the audit reported.Lottery credits on property tax bills statewide increased 8.9 percent ...
May 28, 2004, 7:46 am - - Lottery News forum
Store clerk accused of stealing lottery winnings
Port Washington, Wisconsin police have cited a convenience store clerk for theft after he allegedly pocketed a customer's $250 in lottery winnings.A Port Washington Police Department report gave this account:Theresa Momper, 52, of Port Washington said she went to the Quik Stop Shoppe South, 1100 S. Spring St., April 21 and asked the clerk to verify that she had a winning lottery ticket worth $250. The clerk, Donald J. Malzewski, 20, allegedly scanned the ticket and told Momper that she was mista ...
Apr 28, 2004, 7:44 am - - Lottery News forum
Wisconsin Lottery sorts mixup on Badger 5 numbers
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 forum
Two Wisconsin brothers arrested in lottery tickets theft
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 forum
State to end televised drawings of lottery
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 forum
Woman accused of stealing lottery tickets bound over for trial
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 forum
