May/Jun - South Dakota Lottery
May/Jun - South Dakota Lottery May/Jun - South Dakota Lottery
Welcome to our newest South Dakota Lottery retailer -- Don Rusch of the Trading Post in Raymond. Welcome aboard! Tara Kramer received a $2,028 bonus check for selling a $40,533 Dakota Cash jackpot winner. Gas N Goodies Mobridge Gary Seitz received a $1,000 bonus for selling a $10,000 Powerball winner. Mike’s Package Liquor Madison Gary Newman accepted a bonus check for selling a $30,000 Hot Lotto Sizzler winner. His bonus was tripled because the player purchased the multiplier. Newman Enterprises Brookings Mary Schweitzer (left) and her mother, Linda Haggar Haggar’s Grocery Location: Summerset Owner: Tim & Linda Haggar Manager: Mary Schweitzer A: Our lotto vendor GTECH recommends that you dust off all the equipment as part of your daily cleaning routine. Spray a soft, dry, lint-free cloth with a mild cleaner that contains no ammonia. The same cleaner can be used to clean the terminal, touch screen, the playslip scanner lens (located inside the terminal behind the touch screen) and the advertising display monitor. NOTE: Do not spray the cleaner directly onto the equipment. Q: What can I do to keep my terminal running at its best? Win up to $1,000 and up to seven times. Reveal a and win the prize shown. Carnival Cash Win up to $30,000! Scratch the “BONUS” spot and multiply your total winnings by that number. Scratch YOUR LETTERS to reveal your 18 letters. Scratch the corresponding letters on the CROSSWORD PUZZLE and win the prize indicated in the PRIZE KEY. 3X Cashword Signs for the times Haggar’s Grocery makes it clear to all who enter that it sells Lottery products. There is signage at each check stand and a large lotto sign in the second floor office window that is even visible from outside the store. More POS items hang throughout the store as well as at the gas pumps. More choices = more sales According to manager Mary Schweitzer, each customer has his or her own favorites when it comes to scratch games. Lottery supervisor Starla Volk said Haggar’s sells every game available. By using a 20-game ticket dispenser, the store shows players they have plenty of options to choose from -- and that keeps everyone happy! Active ticket packs at the ready Running out of scratch tickets is not a problem at Haggar’s. Mary keeps two packs of each ticket activated for each game. “If we sell out of one game, we have another pack ready to go,” Mary said. Customer service is the key Mary said that Haggar’s Grocery caters to a very local customer base. “We want to keep our customers coming back,” she said. “We pride ourselves in excellent customer service.” What’s your Lottery IQ? To enter our drawing, send your Lottery Trivia answers to the address below or give to your sales rep. One person will win a sweatshirt and 20 people will win mugs. One entry per person. Send entries to Trivia Quiz - PO Box 7107, Pierre, SD 57501. Deadline is June 15. Congratulations to last month’s winner of a Lottery sweatshirt: Sherri Clouser, Wolsey, 281 Travel Center. The following won stocking caps & flashlights: Jan Lamphere, Sturgis, Kick Start; Linda Bednarz, Rapid City, Common Cents #104; Edward Barksdale, Rapid City, Flying J Travel Plaza; Cheyenne McGrady, Rapid City; Common Cents #104; Gail Quam, Wolsey, 281 Travel Center; Rich Niesent, Belle Fourche, Big D Oil; Kathy Cundy, Custer, Lynn’s Dakotamart; Rosemary McKane, Webster, CMB Oil & Gas; Sean Carr, Custer, Lynn’s Dakotamart; Kevin Jurgens, Wilmot, Jurgens Oil Co.; Carole Funk, Woonsocket, Express Stop; Dan Trull, Sioux Falls, Lewis Drug Southwest; Janice Eining, Clear Lake, Cowboy Country Store #4; Van Arp, Custer, Lynn’s Dakotamart; Kerry Post, Volga, Valleymart; Wendy Edwards, Rapid City, Cenex/ EZ Mart; Nicole Dennis, Rapid City, Corner Pantry; Nancy Long, Mitchell, Coborn’s Superstore; Diane Ekroth, Winner, Casey’s General Store; and Tiffany Tennis, Newell, Newell Conoco. 1. What should you use to clean your lotto terminal? 2. What is the top prize in the Carnival Cash game? 1. _________________________ 2. _________________________ 3. What was the theme of the Kwik Mart second-chance drawing? 4. Where can players view their transactions while a clerk scans their tickets? 3. _________________________ 4. _________________________ 5. When was the first $250,000 Mega Millions ticket sold? 6. What is the name of the latest crossword scratch game? Name __________________________________ Phone _____________ Sales rep’s name ___________ Store name ______________________________ Store Address _________________ City ___________ 5. _________________________ 6. _________________________ Make sure the transaction display area of the advertising monitor (where players can view how much they’ve won) is visable at all times. Encourage players to view the screen while their tickets are being processed. TIP FACT: The act of pack settling does not void those tickets. You will be billed sooner than what you may be used to, but the pack is still active. Many retailers activate and settle their scratch tickets at the same time in order to ensure a steady flow of scratch tickets to their store. MYTH: Accidently settling a pack of scratch tickets automatically voids that pack of tickets. JUST THE FACTS! Busting Lottery Myths Names were drawn for 15 Lucky Leprechaun tickets, a Lottery sweatshirt and a12-pack of pop. Players entered by tossing their non-winning tickets into an “endof-the-rainbow” pot. Custom signs were supplied by the Lottery. OFFICIAL NEWSLETTER OF THE SOUTH DAKOTA LOTTERY Kwik Mart in Sturgis offered players a fun Lucky Leprechaun promotion that ran for two weeks in March. Kwik Mart hosts second-chance drawing Hy-Vee stores “Think Spring” this time of year. The grocery chain celebrates spring each year with a nation-wide “Springtime Party” which includes themed decorating and costume contests. The Lottery donates premium items and tickets for the store to give away at the event. May/June 2012 South Dakota gets first $250,000 Mega Millions winners The record-breaking $656 million Mega Millions jackpot hit in the March 30, 2012 drawing may not have been won in South Dakota but the 18-draw jackpot run did give the state its first $250,000 winners in the game. Linda and Pete Marcus of Huron (right) were the first South Dakota players to hit Mega Millions' $250,000 second prize with a ticket they purchased for the March 23, 2012 drawing at Corner Pantry on Dakota Avenue South in Huron. Michael Stokke of Sioux Falls followed suit a week later, picking up a quarter of a million dollars in the historic March 30, 2012 drawing; his lucky ticket came from Casey's General Store on West Burnside in Sioux Falls. Both retailers received $10,000 bonuses for selling the winning tickets. South Dakota also had one $30,000 Mega Millions winner sold in Mitchell during the historic jackpot run, and five $10,000 winners. Rock on and win! The hip guitar-themed Rockin’ 5’s game is guaranteed to catch your players’ attention with its rock star graphics and $55,000 top prize! Match any of YOUR NUMBERS to any of the WINNING NUMBERS and win the prize shown. Reveal a “STAR” symbol and win the prize automatically. Get a “5X” symbol and win five times the prize. INSIDE: Check out our new “JUST THE FACTS” column, the Lottery’s own mythbusting stories. Get spring promotion ideas and see two more upcoming scratch games. Don’t forget to turn in this issue’s Trivia Quiz. You could win a cool prize.
Welcome to our newest <strong>South</strong><br />
<strong>Dakota</strong> <strong>Lottery</strong> retailer -- Don<br />
Rusch of the Trading Post in<br />
Raymond.<br />
Welcome aboard!<br />
Tara Kramer received a<br />
$2,028 bonus check for<br />
selling a $40,533 <strong>Dakota</strong><br />
Cash jackpot winner.<br />
Gas N Goodies<br />
Mobridge<br />
Gary Seitz received a<br />
$1,000 bonus for selling a<br />
$10,000 Powerball winner.<br />
Mike’s Package Liquor<br />
Madison<br />
Gary Newman accepted a<br />
bonus check for selling a<br />
$30,000 Hot Lotto Sizzler<br />
winner. His bonus was tripled<br />
because the player<br />
purchased the multiplier.<br />
Newman Enterprises<br />
Brookings<br />
Mary Schweitzer (left) and<br />
her mother, Linda Haggar<br />
Haggar’s Grocery<br />
Location: Summerset<br />
Owner: Tim & Linda Haggar<br />
Manager: Mary Schweitzer<br />
A: Our lotto vendor GTECH recommends that you dust<br />
off all the equipment as part of your daily cleaning routine.<br />
Spray a soft, dry, lint-free cloth with a mild cleaner<br />
that contains no ammonia. The same cleaner can be used<br />
to clean the terminal, touch screen, the playslip scanner<br />
lens (located inside the terminal behind the touch screen)<br />
and the advertising display monitor. NOTE: Do not<br />
spray the cleaner directly onto the equipment.<br />
Q: What can I do to keep my terminal running at its best?<br />
Win up to $1,000<br />
and up to seven<br />
times.<br />
Reveal a and<br />
win the prize<br />
shown.<br />
Carnival Cash<br />
Win up to<br />
$30,000!<br />
Scratch the<br />
“BONUS” spot<br />
and multiply your<br />
total winnings by<br />
that number.<br />
Scratch YOUR<br />
LETTERS to reveal<br />
your 18 letters.<br />
Scratch the<br />
corresponding<br />
letters on the<br />
CROSSWORD<br />
PUZZLE and win<br />
the prize indicated<br />
in the PRIZE KEY.<br />
3X Cashword<br />
Signs for the times<br />
Haggar’s Grocery makes it clear to all who enter that it sells <strong>Lottery</strong> products.<br />
There is signage at each check stand and a large lotto sign in the second floor<br />
office window that is even visible from outside the store. More POS items hang<br />
throughout the store as well as at the gas pumps.<br />
More choices = more sales<br />
According to manager Mary Schweitzer, each customer has his or her own favorites<br />
when it comes to scratch games. <strong>Lottery</strong> supervisor Starla Volk said Haggar’s<br />
sells every game available. By using a 20-game ticket dispenser, the store shows<br />
players they have plenty of options to choose from -- and that keeps everyone<br />
happy!<br />
Active ticket packs at the ready<br />
Running out of scratch tickets is not a problem at Haggar’s. Mary keeps two packs<br />
of each ticket activated for each game. “If we sell out of one game, we have another<br />
pack ready to go,” Mary said.<br />
Customer service is the key<br />
Mary said that Haggar’s Grocery caters to a very local customer base. “We want<br />
to keep our customers coming back,” she said. “We pride ourselves in excellent<br />
customer service.”<br />
What’s your <strong>Lottery</strong> IQ? To enter our drawing, send your <strong>Lottery</strong> Trivia answers to the address below or give to your sales rep. One person will win a<br />
sweatshirt and 20 people will win mugs. One entry per person. Send entries to Trivia Quiz - PO Box 7107, Pierre, SD 57501. Deadline is <strong>Jun</strong>e 15.<br />
Congratulations to last month’s winner of a <strong>Lottery</strong> sweatshirt: Sherri Clouser, Wolsey, 281 Travel Center. The following won stocking caps & flashlights: Jan Lamphere,<br />
Sturgis, Kick Start; Linda Bednarz, Rapid City, Common Cents #104; Edward Barksdale, Rapid City, Flying J Travel Plaza; Cheyenne McGrady, Rapid City; Common Cents<br />
#104; Gail Quam, Wolsey, 281 Travel Center; Rich Niesent, Belle Fourche, Big D Oil; Kathy Cundy, Custer, Lynn’s <strong>Dakota</strong>mart; Rosemary McKane, Webster, CMB Oil<br />
& Gas; Sean Carr, Custer, Lynn’s <strong>Dakota</strong>mart; Kevin Jurgens, Wilmot, Jurgens Oil Co.; Carole Funk, Woonsocket, Express Stop; Dan Trull, Sioux Falls, Lewis Drug<br />
<strong>South</strong>west; Janice Eining, Clear Lake, Cowboy Country Store #4; Van Arp, Custer, Lynn’s <strong>Dakota</strong>mart; Kerry Post, Volga, Valleymart; Wendy Edwards, Rapid City, Cenex/<br />
EZ Mart; Nicole Dennis, Rapid City, Corner Pantry; Nancy Long, Mitchell, Coborn’s Superstore; Diane Ekroth, Winner, Casey’s General Store; and Tiffany Tennis, Newell,<br />
Newell Conoco.<br />
1. What should you use to clean your<br />
lotto terminal?<br />
2. What is the top prize in the Carnival<br />
Cash game?<br />
1. _________________________<br />
2. _________________________<br />
3. What was the theme of the Kwik<br />
Mart second-chance drawing?<br />
4. Where can players view their<br />
transactions while a clerk scans their<br />
tickets?<br />
3. _________________________<br />
4. _________________________<br />
5. When was the first $250,000 Mega<br />
Millions ticket sold?<br />
6. What is the name of the latest crossword<br />
scratch game?<br />
Name __________________________________ Phone _____________ Sales rep’s name ___________<br />
Store name ______________________________ Store Address _________________ City ___________<br />
5. _________________________<br />
6. _________________________<br />
Make sure the transaction display<br />
area of the advertising monitor (where<br />
players can view how much they’ve<br />
won) is visable at all times. Encourage<br />
players to view the screen while their<br />
tickets are being processed.<br />
TIP<br />
FACT: The act of<br />
pack settling does not void<br />
those tickets. You will be billed<br />
sooner than what you may be<br />
used to, but the pack is still<br />
active. Many retailers activate<br />
and settle their scratch tickets<br />
at the same time in order to<br />
ensure a steady flow of scratch<br />
tickets to their store.<br />
MYTH: Accidently<br />
settling a pack of<br />
scratch tickets<br />
automatically<br />
voids that pack<br />
of tickets.<br />
JUST THE FACTS!<br />
Busting <strong>Lottery</strong> Myths<br />
Names were<br />
drawn for 15<br />
Lucky Leprechaun<br />
tickets, a <strong>Lottery</strong><br />
sweatshirt and<br />
a12-pack of pop.<br />
Players entered<br />
by tossing their<br />
non-winning tickets<br />
into an “endof-the-rainbow”<br />
pot. Custom<br />
signs were<br />
supplied by the<br />
<strong>Lottery</strong>.<br />
OFFICIAL NEWSLETTER OF THE SOUTH DAKOTA LOTTERY<br />
Kwik Mart in Sturgis offered players a fun Lucky Leprechaun promotion<br />
that ran for two weeks in March.<br />
Kwik Mart hosts second-chance drawing<br />
Hy-Vee stores “Think Spring” this time of year. The grocery chain celebrates spring<br />
each year with a nation-wide “Springtime Party” which includes themed decorating<br />
and costume contests. The <strong>Lottery</strong> donates premium items and tickets for the store<br />
to give away at the event.<br />
<strong>May</strong>/<strong>Jun</strong>e 2012<br />
<strong>South</strong> <strong>Dakota</strong> gets first<br />
$250,000 Mega Millions winners<br />
The record-breaking $656 million Mega Millions jackpot<br />
hit in the March 30, 2012 drawing may not have been<br />
won in <strong>South</strong> <strong>Dakota</strong> but the 18-draw jackpot run did<br />
give the state its first $250,000 winners in the game.<br />
Linda and Pete Marcus of Huron (right) were the first<br />
<strong>South</strong> <strong>Dakota</strong> players to hit Mega Millions' $250,000<br />
second prize with a ticket they purchased for the March<br />
23, 2012 drawing at Corner Pantry on <strong>Dakota</strong> Avenue<br />
<strong>South</strong> in Huron. Michael Stokke of Sioux Falls followed<br />
suit a week later, picking up a quarter of a million dollars<br />
in the historic March 30, 2012 drawing; his lucky<br />
ticket came from Casey's General Store on West<br />
Burnside in Sioux Falls. Both retailers received $10,000<br />
bonuses for selling the winning tickets. <strong>South</strong> <strong>Dakota</strong><br />
also had one $30,000 Mega Millions winner sold in<br />
Mitchell during the historic jackpot run, and five $10,000<br />
winners.<br />
Rock on and win!<br />
The hip guitar-themed Rockin’ 5’s game is<br />
guaranteed to catch your players’ attention<br />
with its rock star graphics and $55,000 top<br />
prize!<br />
Match any of YOUR NUMBERS to any of the<br />
WINNING NUMBERS and win the prize<br />
shown. Reveal a “STAR” symbol and win the<br />
prize automatically. Get a “5X” symbol and win<br />
five times the prize.<br />
INSIDE:<br />
Check out our new “JUST<br />
THE FACTS” column, the<br />
<strong>Lottery</strong>’s own mythbusting<br />
stories.<br />
Get spring promotion ideas<br />
and see two more<br />
upcoming scratch games.<br />
Don’t forget to turn in this<br />
issue’s Trivia Quiz. You<br />
could win a cool prize.
Nick Weidert, Hartford<br />
Lewis Drug Eastgate - Sioux Falls<br />
$12,000 Double Match<br />
Doug Zens, Tulare<br />
Appel Oil<br />
$10,000 Mega Millions<br />
Deborah Reynolds, Rapid City<br />
Don’s Valley Express #2<br />
$2,500 Lucky Leprechaun<br />
Robert Reichert, Parkston<br />
County Fair Food - Mitchell<br />
$1,200 Double Match<br />
Hilary Frericks, Ashton<br />
Cowboy Country Store #1 - Watertown<br />
$1,200 Double Match<br />
Mark Pederson, Brookings<br />
Handi Mart - Arlington<br />
$1,000 Super Joker Slingo<br />
Sue Younce, Sioux Falls<br />
Lewis Drug <strong>South</strong>west<br />
$1,000 Wheel of Fortune<br />
Alicia Wohlleber, Milbank<br />
UPI Petroleum<br />
$700 Fireball 7’s<br />
David Osborn, Aberdeen<br />
One Stop<br />
$600 Mega Millions Megaplier<br />
Jenna Laber, Lead<br />
Fresh Start - Spearfish<br />
$600 Mega Millions Megaplier<br />
Kerri Lureen, Lake Norden<br />
Country Corner - Estelline<br />
$500 Celebrate<br />
Maurene Plenty Chief, Wakpala<br />
Payless Foods<br />
$500 Double Match<br />
Beth Nelson, Jefferson<br />
BP<br />
$456 Mega Millions Megaplier<br />
Donald Tidwell, Rapid City<br />
Boyd’s Drug Mart<br />
$500 Hot Lotto<br />
Kari Johnson, Sioux Falls<br />
Hy-Vee<br />
$10,000 Mega Millions<br />
Mark Bell, Rapid City<br />
FTC #257<br />
$10,000 Powerball<br />
Mark Mikkelson, Aberdeen<br />
West Hill<br />
$1,000 Ruby Red Slingo<br />
MAY/JUNE 2012<br />
Linda & Pete Marcus - Huron<br />
Corner Pantry #30<br />
$250,000 Mega Millions<br />
Matthew McIndoe, Sioux Falls<br />
Kum & Go #625<br />
$1,200 Double Match<br />
William Kelly, Hermosa<br />
Flying J<br />
$502 Wild Card<br />
Deanna Hackett, Yankton<br />
Casey’s General Store<br />
$502 Wild Card<br />
Cory McCloud, Faulkton<br />
Lowe’s C Store<br />
$500 Double Match<br />
Mary Anne Nas, Vermillion<br />
Hy-Vee Gas - Sioux Falls<br />
$10,000 Cash Stash<br />
Julie Landmark, Milbank<br />
Cowboy Country Store #4 - Clear Lake<br />
$10,000 Powerball<br />
Karlyn Frey, Rapid City<br />
Corner Pantry #13<br />
$30,000 Ruby Red Slingo<br />
Gary Heath, Huron<br />
Carlson’s Northside<br />
$15,000 Lucky Leprechaun<br />
Paul Duvall, Mount Vernon<br />
J-Mart - Mitchell<br />
$5,000 Wild Card<br />
Dallas Kok, Geddes<br />
Lone Tree Steakhouse<br />
$1,200 Double Match<br />
Samuel Wanous, Tulare<br />
Appel Oil<br />
$1,000 Cash Stash<br />
Dorothy Copley, Webster<br />
Casey's General Store - Watertown<br />
$5,000 Wild Card<br />
Emily Burghaus, North Sioux City<br />
Bet on Brown<br />
$1,000 EZ Money<br />
Karla Nelson, Pierre<br />
Cowboy Country Store #5<br />
$1,000 Wheel of Fortune<br />
Cristeena LaFazio, Rapid City<br />
Ranch Mart<br />
$1,000 Ruby Red Slingo<br />
Eric Skyberg, Box Elder<br />
Loaf ‘N Jug #447<br />
$500 Double Match<br />
William Burritt, Rapid City<br />
Corner Pantry #13<br />
$500 Wild Card<br />
Kimberly Cumberworth, Rapid City<br />
Big D Oil #22<br />
$500 Wild Card<br />
Darci Deal, Fort Pierre<br />
Lynn’s <strong>Dakota</strong>mart - Pierre<br />
$500 Cash Stash<br />
Dail Mollard, Fort Pierre<br />
Don’s Sinclair - Pierre<br />
$500 Just Plain Bingo
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