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 - Todd - Lottery News forum

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 - Todd - Lottery News forum

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 - Todd - Lottery News forum