Busy Day in Lotto Land

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July 11, 2019
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 

Busy Day in Lotto Land

Totaling $163,000 in cash prizes

 

MADISON, Wis. – It was a busy day for a few Wisconsin Lottery players.

One lucky player, Janelle Miller of Pardeeville, won the $50,000 Powerball prize from Saturday's drawing and claimed her winnings today at the Wisconsin Lottery headquarters. Miller matched 4 of 5 numbers plus the Powerball number. Winning numbers drawn were 7, 9, 26, 44, 68 and Powerball number 3. She bought her winning ticket at Festival Foods (2915 New Pinery Road) in Portage.

Raymond Huebner of Edgerton also visited Lottery headquarters to claim the $50,000 prize he won in Saturday's drawing. Winning numbers were 4, 8, 23, 46, 65 and Powerball 1. Stop-N-Go (1 S. Main Street) in Edgerton sold the winning ticket.

Badger 5 also had a player who won big, matching 5 of 5 numbers (2, 5, 24, 27, 29) to win the $63,000 jackpot. Pick N Save (6760 W. National Avenue) in West Allis sold the winning ticket.

Odds of winning the Powerball's $50,000 prize are 1 in 913,130; and the odds of winning the Badger 5 jackpot are 1 in 169,911.

ABOUT THE WISCONSIN LOTTERY

The Wisconsin Lottery enriches communities statewide by giving back 93 percent of its revenue to winners, retailers, and Wisconsin homeowners. Of each dollar spent on the Wisconsin Lottery, 57 cents goes back to prizes, 30 cents to property tax credits, seven cents to operations and six cents to retailers. Since 1988, the Wisconsin Lottery generated:

•   More than $14.5 billion in total revenue

•   Over $8.2 billion in prizes paid

•   More than $4.3 billion in funding for property tax credits to eligible Wisconsin homeowners

 

For more about the Wisconsin Lottery, visit wilottery.com. The Wisconsin Lottery is on social media via Facebook and YouTube (/wilottery) and Twitter and Instagram (@wilottery).

 

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