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Montana Lottery celebrates 25 years of jackpot dreamsNews Story
The Montana Lottery celebrated its 25th anniversary late last month with parties at retail locations around the state and knowledge that it was on a roll. We had a successful first 24 years, said Montana Lottery Director Angela Wong, who's been in the role 18 months. And we just completed a record fiscal year, with sales of more than $50 million for the first time and weekly sales exceeding $1 million for an unprecedented 19 weeks. Fiscal year 2012 ended June 30, and preliminary data ind
Jul 23, 2012, 8:39 am - Lottery News

Montana Lottery celebrates 25th anniversaryNews Story
Kimberly Pierce of Helena stopped into the Montana Lottery's 25th anniversary celebration Monday because, among other reasons, it was her birthday. Maybe I thought I'd have a little added bonus, luckwise, she said. The lottery served cake and punch and gave away lottery tickets during the promotional event. A mobile lottery unit, slated for stops around the state this week, offered special deals on tickets. Pierce favors some of the more involved games like Crossword Club and Slingo, a
Jun 26, 2012, 8:12 am - Lottery News

Montana Lottery holds New Year's raffle drawingNews Story
By Todd Northrop The Montana Lottery held its annual New Year's Day raffle drawing today, creating one new millionaire and several more winners of lower prizes. The winning numbers for Montana's Millionaire Raffle can be found on Lottery Post's Montana Lottery Results page. Millionaire Raffle is a raffle-style game offered by the Montana Lottery, with a limited number of $20 tickets. With only 125,000 tickets sold for the raffle, Millionaire Raffle offers the best odds to win $1 mill
Jan 1, 2012, 2:27 pm - Lottery News

Montana Lottery holds New Year's raffle drawingNews Story
By Todd Northrop The Montana Lottery held its annual New Year's Day raffle drawing today, creating one new millionaire and several more winners of lower prizes. The winning numbers for Montana's Millionaire Raffle can be found on Lottery Post's Montana Lottery Results page. Millionaire Raffle is a raffle-style game offered by the Montana Lottery, with a limited number of $20 tickets. With only 125,000 tickets sold for the raffle, Millionaire Raffle offers the best odds to win $1 mill
Jan 1, 2011, 2:05 pm - Lottery News

After ripping up lottery ticket, Montana pair claim $48.5M share of Powerball jackpotNews Story
Six lucky numbers turned into a life-changing, eight-figure payout for a pair of Helenans who Thursday discovered their share of a Powerball lotto jackpot will be some $48.5 million. Kim Claassen, 55, and 23-year-old Joe Lamport Jr. have worked together at North West Home Health Care for several years, and over that time have intermittently purchased lottery tickets together with the understanding that they would split any winnings. Wednesday night, Claassen stopped at the Town Pump on North
Jun 25, 2010, 12:45 am - Lottery News

Ohio Lottery celebrates second Powerball jackpot in JuneNews Story
Another winning ticket from Montana will split jackpot On the heels of its first jackpot-winning Powerball draw, the Ohio Lottery has already sold its second jackpot-winning Powerball ticket. The winning ticket was sold at Shirley's Carryout in Curtice, near Toledo. Ohio Lottery officials traveled to the store location Thursday morning to present store owners with a $48,500 retailer bonus check for selling the winning ticket. The $97 million jackpot will be split with another winning ti
Jun 24, 2010, 10:12 am - Lottery News

Montana Lottery to offer Mega Millions starting MondayNews Story
Montana Lottery players soon will be able to try their luck with the multistate Mega Millions game. The Montana Lottery will begin offering the Mega Millions game on Monday, Mar. 1. Mega Millions drawings are Tuesday and Friday at 9 p.m. Mountain Time (11:00 p.m. Eastern). Tickets may be purchased in Montana until 8 p.m. the night of the drawing. The game is played by choosing five numbers from 1-56 and one number, the Mega Ball, from 1-46. Players alternatively may choose a Quick Pick.
Feb 25, 2010, 7:47 pm - Lottery News

Montana Lottery starts new Keno-style game todayNews Story
The Montana Lottery is introducing a new keno-like game called 10 Spot. Lottery officials say the new game, featuring two daily drawings, will be available Monday. Players choose 10 numbers out of 80 for each drawing. Each play costs $1 and multi-play tickets are available. Twice each day, the Montana Lottery will draw 20 numbers. Players who match 10 of the 20 numbers will win the top prize of $25,000. Those who match nine will win $2,500. There are also prizes for matching eight, seven,
Feb 1, 2010, 7:24 am - Lottery News

Montana Lottery holds New Year's raffle drawingNews Story
The Montana Lottery held its annual New Year's Day raffle drawing today, creating one new millionaire and several more winners of lower prizes. The winning numbers for Montana's Millionaire Raffle can be found on Lottery Post's Montana Lottery Results page (www.lotterypost.com/results/mt). Millionaire Raffle is a raffle-style game offered by the Montana Lottery, with a limited number of $20 tickets. With only 150,000 tickets sold for the raffle, Millionaire Raffle offers the best odds t
Jan 1, 2010, 6:53 pm - Lottery News

'Team effort' leads to winning lottery ticketNews Story
Adam and Mandy Clark discovered they had an unplanned $350,000 tax bill on April 15, and they're thrilled. That's because they get to keep the other $650,000 from the $1 million winning lottery ticket they purchased on Tax Day at the Ole's Country Store in East Missoula. The couple validated their ticket in Helena on Friday morning. We're excited to get our first home and put some money aside for our daughter's college, and some for retirement, Adam said on the phone from the Montana Lott
Apr 26, 2009, 12:14 pm - Lottery News