Action BriefsVOL. 19, #23 Dec. 2 - 15, 2013

IOWA LOTTERY GAME INFORMATION Game Start Date

As of Dec. 2, 2013

Game Start Date Last Date to Pay Prizes

Remind Players to Play It Again® With Holiday Scratch Tickets

If you or someone you know has a gambling problem, call 1-800-BETS OFF. You must be at least 21 years old to purchase lottery tickets.

ENDING SCRATCH GAMES

Other important dates are listed on the back of this issue.

Helping you serve the Lottery customerwww.ialottery.com

GameDrawing

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Hot Lotto® Wednesday and Saturday 8:18 p.m. 9:40 p.m. 11:45 p.m.

$100,000 Cash Game

Monday through Saturday

8:18 p.m. 8:28 p.m. 8:40 p.m.

Mega Millions®

Tuesday and Friday 8:59 p.m. 10 p.m. Next Day

Pick 3 and Pick 4

MiddayDaily 12:30 p.m. 12:40 p.m. 1:00 p.m.

Pick 3 and Pick 4

EveningDaily 8:18 p.m. 9:20 p.m. 9:40 p.m.

Powerball® Wednesday and Saturday 8:59 p.m. 9:59 p.m. 11:40 p.m.

Lotto Game Information

592 BINGO TIMES 10-Orange/Green 03/31/08631 LUCKY DIAMONDS 03/30/09666 LIFETIME RICHES 04/05/10667 CASH BONANZA 05/24/10724 CROSSWORD-Green/Purple 05/06/11735 LUCKY JAR BINGO 12/27/11723 ACES HIGH 01/06/12751 DID I WIN? - GOLD SERIES 01/06/12758 ROULETTE 04/05/12757 SUPER CROSSWORD 04/09/12761 HOT $50,000 04/09/12765 TRIPLE FORTUNE 05/31/12762 GEMSTONE 10s 06/27/12766 VETERANS SILVER 6s 06/27/12767 SCRABBLE™ 06/27/12768 SUPER CASHOUT 06/27/12769 7 06/27/12756 CROSSWORD-Orange/Pink/Green 07/02/12770 LUCKY CHERRY SLOTS 07/18/12773 500 GRAND 07/18/12771 BOGGLE™ 08/29/12772 DOUBLE IT 08/29/12774 WIN PIGS FLY 09/10/12777 NORTH POLE BINGO 10/03/12778 HOLIDAY CROSSWORD 10/03/12779 JINGLE BELL JACKPOT 10/03/12780 HOLIDAY BLACK 10/03/12781 PEPPERMINT SUPER CROSSWORD 10/03/12782 HOLIDAY TREASURES 10/03/12783 HOLIDAY GOLD 10/03/12784 MERRY MONOPOLY™ 10/03/12785 HAPPY HOWLIDAYS 10/31/12786 BEST WISHES FOR A SWELL SEASON 10/31/12678 DELUXE 7-11-21® 01/03/13788 A 10 HUT 01/03/13789 CASH ON THE SPOT 01/03/13790 JUST FOR HIM! JUST FOR HER! 01/03/13791 BE MINE - BETTY BOOP™ 01/03/13792 CA$H UP 01/03/13793 QUEEN OF SPADES 01/03/13794 10X CASH 01/03/13787 GAME BOOK 01/14/13693 WHITE ICE 9S 02/06/13776 WORD BANK 02/06/13795 AWESOME ACES 02/06/13804 SUPER CROSSWORD-Blue/Purple/Grn./Pink 02/07/13797 TRIPLE TRIPLER 03/06/13798 CASINO ROYALE 03/06/13799 BASS PRO SHOPS® 03/06/13803 BINGO BOXES 03/19/13800 9s IN A LINE 04/03/13802 CASH INFERNO 04/03/13808 IRON MAN 3™ 04/03/13801 COUNT THE MONEY 05/01/13806 20X THE MONEY 05/01/13809 GOLD MINER 05/01/13811 DOUBLE DOG DARE 05/01/13775 MONEY MULTIPLIER 06/05/13812 PERFECT 7s 06/05/13813 DOUBLE DOLLAR FORTUNE 06/05/13810 BLAZING HOT 7s GAME BOOK 06/17/13796 JUMBLE® 07/08/13814 RED, WHITE & MOO! 07/08/13826 HOT CARD 07/08/13816 FAST $50 08/07/13817 TRIPLE PAYOUT 08/07/13818 INSTANTLY RICH 08/07/13819 TAIL GATOR 08/26/13828 HOLIDAY SERIES 08/26/13827 WINTER RICHES 10/02/13829 HOLIDAY BINGO 10/02/13830 LET IT SNOW CROSSWORD 10/02/13831 HOLIDAY SUPER CROSSWORD 10/02/13832 $50,000 BONUS GIFT 10/02/13833 SNOW GLOBE TRIPLER 10/02/13834 HO HO HO LOTTA CASH 11/06/13835 HAPPY HOLIDAYS 11/06/13836 TIC-TAC DOUGH 11/06/13

713 SIZZLING 7S 03/28/11 01/28/14 714 $30,000 CLUB 02/02/12 01/28/14 717 SUPER CROSSWORD 04/18/11 01/28/14 731 MONOPOLY™ 07/18/11 01/28/14 734 5X THE MONEY 05/31/12 01/28/14 736 LUCKY ELVES BINGO 09/26/11 01/28/14 747 VETERANS DOUBLE DOUBLER 01/06/12 01/28/14 750 MATCH & WIN™ 2ND EDITION 01/06/12 01/28/14 760 PINBALL 04/05/12 01/28/14 763 INSTANT MONOPOLY™ 05/03/12 01/28/14 764 ROYAL RICHES 05/03/12 01/28/14

Game End andValidation End Dates Official

Game End

Valid. Period Ends

713 Sizzling 7s 10/30/13 1/28/14714 $30,000 Club 10/30/13 1/28/14717 Super Crossword 10/30/13 1/28/14731 Monopoly™ 10/30/13 1/28/14734 5X the Money 10/30/13 1/28/14736 Lucky Elves Bingo 10/30/13 1/28/14747 Veterans Double Doubler 10/30/13 1/28/14750 Match & Win™, 2nd Ed. 10/30/13 1/28/14760 Pinball 10/30/13 1/28/14763 Instant Monopoly™ 10/30/13 1/28/14764 Royal Riches 10/30/13 1/28/14

Quad Cities Man Wins $50,000 Halloween Millions PrizeA Quad-Cities area man said he didn’t real-ize for a week that he had a $50,000-win-ning lottery ticket because he just hadn’t checked it.

Bob Schissel of Milan, Ill., had a ticket that won a $50,000 prize in the “Halloween Millions Raffle” drawing on Nov. 1, but said he usually only checks his lottery tickets when he stops to buy gasoline and he didn’t do that until a week after the drawing.

“I had the clerk check the two tickets. She said, ‘You won $50,000!’” Schissel said. “I said, ‘Really.’ I asked again and she said, ‘No, really.’”

Schissel, 58, who works as a fork-truck driver at Nestle-Purina PetCare in Davenport, said that in all the excite-ment, he then made a mistake.

“I walked out to the car and forgot to put the gas in that I had prepaid for,” he recalled. “I drove down the road for about two miles and I said, ‘Oops!’ I turned around and went back and I was still able to get the gas. Somebody could have walked away with $30 in free gas.”

Tickets in the $10 “Halloween Millions Raffle” game were sold from Sept. 23-Oct. 31 in Iowa and six other states. The game’s drawing was held Nov. 1, and three top prizes of $1 million were awarded, one each in Michigan, New Jersey and Ohio. If a participating state did not have a $1 million winner, a $50,000 prize was awarded in a separate drawing to someone who bought a ticket in that state.

Schissel’s ticket was selected as the $50,000 winner in Iowa. The unique eight-digit number on his ticket was 10017104 and he bought it at the Kwik Shop, 3129 Rockingham Road in Davenport. He said he bought just two tickets in the raffle game, and he decided to do so because they cost less than those being sold in a different raffle game in his home state.

“I was just going to get one and then they were $10 apiece,” he said. “In Illinois where we reside, it was $20, so I got two.”

Schissel said he and his wife, Valerie, planned to pay bills with the raffle winnings. And he predicted that news of his good luck would spread quickly.

“Probably by the time I get back to work, everybody in the whole plant will know,” he said with a laugh.

Remind your players that if they don’t win an instant prize, they can Play It Again® with This year’s holiday scratch tickets and enter them online in the Gifts Galore promotion. Entering those nonwinning holiday tickets at ialottery.com gives them the chance to win fabulous electronics prizes or $10,000 cash! Find all the details at ialottery.com.

Games eligible for the Gifts Galore promotion are:

* $50,000 Bonus Gift * Let It Snow Crossword * Happy Holidays * Snow Globe Tripler * Ho Ho Ho Lotta Cash * Tic-Tac Dough * Holiday Bingo * Winter Riches * Holiday Super Crossword

“I had the clerk check the two tickets. She said, ‘You won $50,000!’ I said, ‘Really.’ I asked again and she said, ‘No, really.’” — Robert Schissel

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The 18 members of the Mahle Filter Systems group are:From Winterset: Jill Beck (right), Tamra Beason, Lowell Smith, Toni Moon, Anita Smuck, Michael Wise, Richard Schneider, Mark Ham and Betty Moore.From Des Moines: Larry Forbes, Toan Dang, Jessica Hobbs, Ai Ca Lovan, Shanda Volker and Don Sousavanh.Also, Aaron Christenson of Adel; Darin Mills of Linden; and Amanda Mittlestadt of Newton.

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THERE’S A HOLIDAY NEXT

WEEK. CHECK WITH YOUR DSR FOR DELIVERY

SCHEDULE.

NEW YEAR’S HOLIDAY — LOTTERY OFFICES

CLOSEDNO DELIVERIES

CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY — LOTTERY OFFICES

CLOSEDNO DELIVERIES

THERE’S A HOLIDAY NEXT

WEEK. CHECK WITH YOUR DSR FOR DELIVERY

SCHEDULE.

Touchdown! Tail Gator Promotion Winners Enjoy Ultimate Game ExperienceNine lucky Iowa Lottery players enjoyed a fabulous football game experience on Nov. 23, thanks to the Iowa Lottery’s Tail Gator promotion.

Each winner received a Tail Gator Football Game Experience package with a value of $575 that included: four tickets to the Nov. 23 home football game, a parking pass, pregame VIP tour and on-field experience, food and nonalcoholic beverages, merchandise and $200 spending cash.

Congratulations to all the winners!

Iowa State University vs. University of Kansas game experience winners:

• Diane Harris of Atlantic • Timothy Mitchell of Indianola • Christine Valentine of Dedham (pictured here with her husband, Arthur)

University of Iowa vs. University of Michigan game experience winners:

• Robert Cole of Altoona • Anita Fager of Marion • Cheryl Vasilonikolidakis of Van Meter

University of Northern Iowa vs. Western Illinois University game experience winners:

• Rhonda Hinton of Des Moines • William Kohl of Marion • Jeff Love of Pleasant Hill

Hall of Fame Ultimate Tailgate Party Promotion Reminders• Players need to make a qualifying

Powerball® purchase in Iowa through Saturday, Feb. 8: $10 or more on one ticket. This can include any combination of plays such as multiple plays for the same drawing, plays for different drawings or plays with the Power Play® option.

• Players then need to enter the code from a qualifying Iowa Powerball ticket at ialottery.com by noon (CT) on Monday, Feb. 10, for a chance to win one of the six trip packages (see ialottery.com for more information on the prizes). They’ll need to join or be a current member of the lottery’s free VIP Club to enter.

• You do not need to press the “Hall of Fame” button to sell a qualifying Powerball ticket eligible for entry in the promotion. Any Powerball ticket you sell that is worth $10 or more will automatically generate a code on the ticket, including manually generated plays and those made with a play slip.

• Any Powerball purchase of $10 or more on one ticket with a code qualifies for entry, regardless of whether the ticket wins a prize.

• Remind players that they should keep their Powerball tickets until the drawing has been held for which they are eligible. And, they should enter their code online before cashing their qualifying Powerball ticket for any prizes won in the Powerball drawing.

Eighteen co-workers from a manufacturing plant in Winterset have split a $40,000 Powerball prize that they won with a ticket they pooled their money to buy at a Winterset convenience store.

The group calls itself “Mahle Filter Systems,” the name of the Winterset plant where the members all work. Group spokeswoman Jill Beck said each group member contributes $6 a week to buy Powerball tickets for the Wednesday and Saturday drawings.

Beck, of Winterset, claimed the prize on behalf of the group. She works in the finance department at Mahle.

Beck purchased the group’s winning ticket at Casey’s, 1021 N. First St. in Winterset for the Oct. 19 Powerball drawing.

Each member of the group received about $1,555 after taxes. Beck said the group will continue to pool money together to buy Powerball tickets.

Eighteen Co-Workers From Winterset Plant Split $40,000 Powerball Prize

The 18 members of the Mahle Filter Systems group are:From Winterset: Jill Beck (right), Tamra Beason, Lowell Smith, Toni Moon, Anita Smuck, Michael Wise, Richard Schneider, Mark Ham and Betty Moore.From Des Moines: Larry Forbes, Toan Dang, Jessica Hobbs, Ai Ca Lovan, Shanda Volker and Don Sousavanh.Also, Aaron Christenson of Adel; Darin Mills of Linden; and Amanda Mittlestadt of Newton.

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CLOSEDNO DELIVERIES

CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY — LOTTERY OFFICES

CLOSEDNO DELIVERIES

THERE’S A HOLIDAY NEXT

WEEK. CHECK WITH YOUR DSR FOR DELIVERY

SCHEDULE.

Touchdown! Tail Gator Promotion Winners Enjoy Ultimate Game ExperienceNine lucky Iowa Lottery players enjoyed a fabulous football game experience on Nov. 23, thanks to the Iowa Lottery’s Tail Gator promotion.

Each winner received a Tail Gator Football Game Experience package with a value of $575 that included: four tickets to the Nov. 23 home football game, a parking pass, pregame VIP tour and on-field experience, food and nonalcoholic beverages, merchandise and $200 spending cash.

Congratulations to all the winners!

Iowa State University vs. University of Kansas game experience winners:

• Diane Harris of Atlantic • Timothy Mitchell of Indianola • Christine Valentine of Dedham (pictured here with her husband, Arthur)

University of Iowa vs. University of Michigan game experience winners:

• Robert Cole of Altoona • Anita Fager of Marion • Cheryl Vasilonikolidakis of Van Meter

University of Northern Iowa vs. Western Illinois University game experience winners:

• Rhonda Hinton of Des Moines • William Kohl of Marion • Jeff Love of Pleasant Hill

Hall of Fame Ultimate Tailgate Party Promotion Reminders• Players need to make a qualifying

Powerball® purchase in Iowa through Saturday, Feb. 8: $10 or more on one ticket. This can include any combination of plays such as multiple plays for the same drawing, plays for different drawings or plays with the Power Play® option.

• Players then need to enter the code from a qualifying Iowa Powerball ticket at ialottery.com by noon (CT) on Monday, Feb. 10, for a chance to win one of the six trip packages (see ialottery.com for more information on the prizes). They’ll need to join or be a current member of the lottery’s free VIP Club to enter.

• You do not need to press the “Hall of Fame” button to sell a qualifying Powerball ticket eligible for entry in the promotion. Any Powerball ticket you sell that is worth $10 or more will automatically generate a code on the ticket, including manually generated plays and those made with a play slip.

• Any Powerball purchase of $10 or more on one ticket with a code qualifies for entry, regardless of whether the ticket wins a prize.

• Remind players that they should keep their Powerball tickets until the drawing has been held for which they are eligible. And, they should enter their code online before cashing their qualifying Powerball ticket for any prizes won in the Powerball drawing.

Eighteen co-workers from a manufacturing plant in Winterset have split a $40,000 Powerball prize that they won with a ticket they pooled their money to buy at a Winterset convenience store.

The group calls itself “Mahle Filter Systems,” the name of the Winterset plant where the members all work. Group spokeswoman Jill Beck said each group member contributes $6 a week to buy Powerball tickets for the Wednesday and Saturday drawings.

Beck, of Winterset, claimed the prize on behalf of the group. She works in the finance department at Mahle.

Beck purchased the group’s winning ticket at Casey’s, 1021 N. First St. in Winterset for the Oct. 19 Powerball drawing.

Each member of the group received about $1,555 after taxes. Beck said the group will continue to pool money together to buy Powerball tickets.

Eighteen Co-Workers From Winterset Plant Split $40,000 Powerball Prize

Action BriefsVOL. 19, #23 Dec. 2 - 15, 2013

IOWA LOTTERY GAME INFORMATION Game Start Date

As of Dec. 2, 2013

Game Start Date Last Date to Pay Prizes

Remind Players to Play It Again® With Holiday Scratch Tickets

If you or someone you know has a gambling problem, call 1-800-BETS OFF. You must be at least 21 years old to purchase lottery tickets.

ENDING SCRATCH GAMES

Other important dates are listed on the back of this issue.

Helping you serve the Lottery customerwww.ialottery.com

GameDrawing

Days

Sales Cutoff Time

Approx.Drawing

Time

Approx.AllowedCashing

Time

Hot Lotto® Wednesday and Saturday 8:18 p.m. 9:40 p.m. 11:45 p.m.

$100,000 Cash Game

Monday through Saturday

8:18 p.m. 8:28 p.m. 8:40 p.m.

Mega Millions®

Tuesday and Friday 8:59 p.m. 10 p.m. Next Day

Pick 3 and Pick 4

MiddayDaily 12:30 p.m. 12:40 p.m. 1:00 p.m.

Pick 3 and Pick 4

EveningDaily 8:18 p.m. 9:20 p.m. 9:40 p.m.

Powerball® Wednesday and Saturday 8:59 p.m. 9:59 p.m. 11:40 p.m.

Lotto Game Information

592 BINGO TIMES 10-Orange/Green 03/31/08631 LUCKY DIAMONDS 03/30/09666 LIFETIME RICHES 04/05/10667 CASH BONANZA 05/24/10724 CROSSWORD-Green/Purple 05/06/11735 LUCKY JAR BINGO 12/27/11723 ACES HIGH 01/06/12751 DID I WIN? - GOLD SERIES 01/06/12758 ROULETTE 04/05/12757 SUPER CROSSWORD 04/09/12761 HOT $50,000 04/09/12765 TRIPLE FORTUNE 05/31/12762 GEMSTONE 10s 06/27/12766 VETERANS SILVER 6s 06/27/12767 SCRABBLE™ 06/27/12768 SUPER CASHOUT 06/27/12769 7 06/27/12756 CROSSWORD-Orange/Pink/Green 07/02/12770 LUCKY CHERRY SLOTS 07/18/12773 500 GRAND 07/18/12771 BOGGLE™ 08/29/12772 DOUBLE IT 08/29/12774 WIN PIGS FLY 09/10/12777 NORTH POLE BINGO 10/03/12778 HOLIDAY CROSSWORD 10/03/12779 JINGLE BELL JACKPOT 10/03/12780 HOLIDAY BLACK 10/03/12781 PEPPERMINT SUPER CROSSWORD 10/03/12782 HOLIDAY TREASURES 10/03/12783 HOLIDAY GOLD 10/03/12784 MERRY MONOPOLY™ 10/03/12785 HAPPY HOWLIDAYS 10/31/12786 BEST WISHES FOR A SWELL SEASON 10/31/12678 DELUXE 7-11-21® 01/03/13788 A 10 HUT 01/03/13789 CASH ON THE SPOT 01/03/13790 JUST FOR HIM! JUST FOR HER! 01/03/13791 BE MINE - BETTY BOOP™ 01/03/13792 CA$H UP 01/03/13793 QUEEN OF SPADES 01/03/13794 10X CASH 01/03/13787 GAME BOOK 01/14/13693 WHITE ICE 9S 02/06/13776 WORD BANK 02/06/13795 AWESOME ACES 02/06/13804 SUPER CROSSWORD-Blue/Purple/Grn./Pink 02/07/13797 TRIPLE TRIPLER 03/06/13798 CASINO ROYALE 03/06/13799 BASS PRO SHOPS® 03/06/13803 BINGO BOXES 03/19/13800 9s IN A LINE 04/03/13802 CASH INFERNO 04/03/13808 IRON MAN 3™ 04/03/13801 COUNT THE MONEY 05/01/13806 20X THE MONEY 05/01/13809 GOLD MINER 05/01/13811 DOUBLE DOG DARE 05/01/13775 MONEY MULTIPLIER 06/05/13812 PERFECT 7s 06/05/13813 DOUBLE DOLLAR FORTUNE 06/05/13810 BLAZING HOT 7s GAME BOOK 06/17/13796 JUMBLE® 07/08/13814 RED, WHITE & MOO! 07/08/13826 HOT CARD 07/08/13816 FAST $50 08/07/13817 TRIPLE PAYOUT 08/07/13818 INSTANTLY RICH 08/07/13819 TAIL GATOR 08/26/13828 HOLIDAY SERIES 08/26/13827 WINTER RICHES 10/02/13829 HOLIDAY BINGO 10/02/13830 LET IT SNOW CROSSWORD 10/02/13831 HOLIDAY SUPER CROSSWORD 10/02/13832 $50,000 BONUS GIFT 10/02/13833 SNOW GLOBE TRIPLER 10/02/13834 HO HO HO LOTTA CASH 11/06/13835 HAPPY HOLIDAYS 11/06/13836 TIC-TAC DOUGH 11/06/13

713 SIZZLING 7S 03/28/11 01/28/14 714 $30,000 CLUB 02/02/12 01/28/14 717 SUPER CROSSWORD 04/18/11 01/28/14 731 MONOPOLY™ 07/18/11 01/28/14 734 5X THE MONEY 05/31/12 01/28/14 736 LUCKY ELVES BINGO 09/26/11 01/28/14 747 VETERANS DOUBLE DOUBLER 01/06/12 01/28/14 750 MATCH & WIN™ 2ND EDITION 01/06/12 01/28/14 760 PINBALL 04/05/12 01/28/14 763 INSTANT MONOPOLY™ 05/03/12 01/28/14 764 ROYAL RICHES 05/03/12 01/28/14

Game End andValidation End Dates Official

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713 Sizzling 7s 10/30/13 1/28/14714 $30,000 Club 10/30/13 1/28/14717 Super Crossword 10/30/13 1/28/14731 Monopoly™ 10/30/13 1/28/14734 5X the Money 10/30/13 1/28/14736 Lucky Elves Bingo 10/30/13 1/28/14747 Veterans Double Doubler 10/30/13 1/28/14750 Match & Win™, 2nd Ed. 10/30/13 1/28/14760 Pinball 10/30/13 1/28/14763 Instant Monopoly™ 10/30/13 1/28/14764 Royal Riches 10/30/13 1/28/14

Quad Cities Man Wins $50,000 Halloween Millions PrizeA Quad-Cities area man said he didn’t real-ize for a week that he had a $50,000-win-ning lottery ticket because he just hadn’t checked it.

Bob Schissel of Milan, Ill., had a ticket that won a $50,000 prize in the “Halloween Millions Raffle” drawing on Nov. 1, but said he usually only checks his lottery tickets when he stops to buy gasoline and he didn’t do that until a week after the drawing.

“I had the clerk check the two tickets. She said, ‘You won $50,000!’” Schissel said. “I said, ‘Really.’ I asked again and she said, ‘No, really.’”

Schissel, 58, who works as a fork-truck driver at Nestle-Purina PetCare in Davenport, said that in all the excite-ment, he then made a mistake.

“I walked out to the car and forgot to put the gas in that I had prepaid for,” he recalled. “I drove down the road for about two miles and I said, ‘Oops!’ I turned around and went back and I was still able to get the gas. Somebody could have walked away with $30 in free gas.”

Tickets in the $10 “Halloween Millions Raffle” game were sold from Sept. 23-Oct. 31 in Iowa and six other states. The game’s drawing was held Nov. 1, and three top prizes of $1 million were awarded, one each in Michigan, New Jersey and Ohio. If a participating state did not have a $1 million winner, a $50,000 prize was awarded in a separate drawing to someone who bought a ticket in that state.

Schissel’s ticket was selected as the $50,000 winner in Iowa. The unique eight-digit number on his ticket was 10017104 and he bought it at the Kwik Shop, 3129 Rockingham Road in Davenport. He said he bought just two tickets in the raffle game, and he decided to do so because they cost less than those being sold in a different raffle game in his home state.

“I was just going to get one and then they were $10 apiece,” he said. “In Illinois where we reside, it was $20, so I got two.”

Schissel said he and his wife, Valerie, planned to pay bills with the raffle winnings. And he predicted that news of his good luck would spread quickly.

“Probably by the time I get back to work, everybody in the whole plant will know,” he said with a laugh.

Remind your players that if they don’t win an instant prize, they can Play It Again® with This year’s holiday scratch tickets and enter them online in the Gifts Galore promotion. Entering those nonwinning holiday tickets at ialottery.com gives them the chance to win fabulous electronics prizes or $10,000 cash! Find all the details at ialottery.com.

Games eligible for the Gifts Galore promotion are:

* $50,000 Bonus Gift * Let It Snow Crossword * Happy Holidays * Snow Globe Tripler * Ho Ho Ho Lotta Cash * Tic-Tac Dough * Holiday Bingo * Winter Riches * Holiday Super Crossword

“I had the clerk check the two tickets. She said, ‘You won $50,000!’ I said, ‘Really.’ I asked again and she said, ‘No, really.’” — Robert Schissel

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