Where were the winning Montana Millionaire tickets sold?

BIG CASES – Thanks to the Montana Lottery, several people will start the new year with a much larger bank account. This year’s Montana Millionaire will feature four grand prizes worth $1 million each.

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Montana Millionaire sold 500,000 tickets on November 1st; Each ticket costs $20. All tickets were sold out within three hours.

The raffle for the four main prize tickets took place on Thursday, December 26, 2024. The winning tickets and where they were sold:

• 021333 – Cranny’s Club Tavern & Casino in Dillon
• 077800 – Super 1 Foods in Great Falls
• 143115 – Grand Slam Casino in Great Falls
• 416013 – Beartooth Harley Davidson in Billings

OPEN EARLY

Several people asked KRTV how the casinos and the Harley-Davidson store were able to sell lottery tickets since they don’t open until 9 a.m. and all Montana Millionaire tickets were sold before 8:30 a.m

The answer is that some stores opened early that day to accommodate people who wanted to buy tickets, even though they knew they would sell out within a few hours.

A concrete example of this is the Heidelberg Lounge in Great Falls, which opened at 5:30 a.m. on November 1st to sell tickets and serve coffee and donuts to people who didn’t want to risk missing the chance to buy a ticket .

$250,000 PRIZE

The Montana Lottery also featured a Quarter Million Monday drawing for $250,000 this year on Monday, December 2, 2024; The winning ticket for this prize was sold at the Office Bar & Motel in Vaughn, a few miles northwest of Great Falls.

The $250,000 prize has not yet been claimed; The winner has six months from the draw date to claim the prize. If the prize is not claimed, the money will be transferred to the state’s general fund; The same rule applies to the million dollar prizes.

PREVIOUS WINNERS

Since Montana Millionaire began, the following cities have sold winning tickets: six in Billings; five in Great Falls; three in Butte; two in Columbia Falls and one each in Winnett, East Helena, Kalispell, Dillon and Laurel.

Past Montana Millionaire Grand Prize winners include:

• 2020: Megan Thorstenson, Butte
• 2019: Casey Petero, Columbia Falls
• 2018: Richard May, Billings
• 2017: Amy Lambert, Butte
• 2016: Daniel Thompson, Great Falls
• 2015: Jack Barisich, Winnett
• 2014: Jeffrey Fallang, East Helena
• 2013: Russell Miller, Columbia Falls
• 2012: Sam Polesky, Laurel
• 2011: Vern & Mara Wallace, Billings
• 2010: William Morse, Billings
• 2009: Dana Delguerra, Great Falls
• 2008: Mike & Carole McGivern, Butte
• 2007: Gary & BJ Klipstein, Billings

Due to a change in law in 2021, the Montana Lottery is no longer permitted to publish names of Montana Millionaire winners without their consent.
In 2022, no one claimed either Montana Millionaire prize, so the money went to the State General Fund.

FAQ about MONTANA MILLIONAIRE

The Montana Lottery has provided answers to several frequently asked questions:

• Why not limit Montana Millionaire to Montana residents only? The Montana Lottery is open to all adults, whether residents or visitors. Restricting the sale of a product to certain people and excluding others is discrimination. It would also contradict our mission and place an undue burden on our retailers.
• Why not limit the number of Montana Millionaire tickets someone can purchase? The mission of the Montana Lottery is to maximize revenue for the State of Montana. Our proceeds fund Montana’s STEM/Health Scholarship Program and donate to the general fund. Restricting the sale of our products would undermine our mission and result in a less positive impact for Montanans.
• Why don’t you offer Montana Millionaire or another competition more than once a year? The Montana Lottery offers a wide selection of games every day of the year. We believe Montana Millionaire is special and successful because it is exclusive. Although it is not impossible that we will introduce additional competition games in the future, we have currently made this strategic business decision based on detailed market research and analysis.

Where does the money go?

The money generated by the lottery is used in various ways.

“The purpose of the lottery is to generate revenue for the state of Montana. Most sales go toward paying out prizes and operations, and essentially whatever is left over at the end goes back to the state. That is determined by state legislative action and the beneficiary, as we call it, has changed several times,” Montana Lottery content manager Dan Iverson told MTN News a few months ago.

Currently, the first $2.25 million will go to the Montana Stem/Healthcare Scholarship Program, operated by the Office Of The Commissioner Of Higher Education and the Montana University System. Whatever is left goes to the state’s general fund, which is determined by the legislature.

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