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Idaho, Montana, North Dakota and South Dakota sell the WILD CARD 2 game. You can purchase tickets by visiting one of their authorized retailers. Drawings are held every Wednesday and Saturday. With WILD CARD 2 you get 2 plays for $1. For each play you just pick five numbers between 1 and 31 and one of 16 different wild cards. You also have the option to let the computer select the numbers and the wild card for you.

Idaho Man Wins $347,175 Wild Card Jackpot
Boise – For one Nampa resident, the dream of winning the Lottery became a reality on Thursday when last Saturday night’s Wild Card jackpot winner claimed his prize of $347,175 from the Idaho Lottery today during a check ceremony at the store where his winning ticket was sold. Kenneth Redmon of Nampa bought the lucky ticket from his neighborhood store at the Gem Stop located on the corner of Roosevelt and Midland in Nampa for last Saturday night’s draw. “I called the Lottery’s winning numbers line yesterday and wrote down the numbers. Then I checked my tickets and I just couldn’t believe it,” said Redmon, a life long resident of Idaho. “I had my daughter do the same thing and the numbers were still the same, so I knew I wasn’t completely lost.”

After a sleepless night with the big winning ticket signed and safely hidden, Redmon claimed his prize from the Idaho Lottery on Thursday. He becomes the Idaho Lottery’s sixth largest winner on Wild Card. When he claimed his prize in Boise, he did ask for one additional item, an Idaho Lottery hat to add to his collection of more than 3,000 ball caps. “It’s nice to have the hat, but I think it’s more important to have the money,” chuckled Redmon. Redmon plans to use his windfall to encourage his wife to retire, although he plans to continue working part-time in the sand and gravel business. “The Lottery, to me is a good thing, and I thought that even before I won, because it is real,” added Redmon. “It is a dream. A dream that can come true and it just did!” For their part in selling the winning ticket Gem Stop will receive a bonus from the Idaho Lottery worth $20,000.

Montana Woman Claims $105,000 Wild Card Jackpot
Marsha Freman of Whitehall has claimed the $105,000 Wild Card jackpot for the March 17 drawing with a winning ticket purchased at The Corner Store of Whitehall. Freman previously won a $30,000 Montana Cash jackpot for the Aug. 9, 1995, drawing — also with a ticket from The Corner Store. Now she plays lotto games every week. “It was the game I least expected to win,” she said. “It was a nice surprise.” According to Freman, the prize money is going toward her antiques business.

South Dakota Woman Claims $182,790 Wild Card 2 Jackpot

Misty Young of Madison claimed her $182,790 Wild Card 2 jackpot for the March 10th drawing at the Sioux Falls Lottery office. Young purchased the Quick Pick ticket at Mike’s Package Liquor in Madison. Young, a single mother of two, usually purchases four Quick Picks per drawing: one for each lotto game in South Dakota. This practice, started by her late parents, is one that she continues with her father’s passing late last year. She admits she nearly missed making her purchase for Wednesday’s drawing.

“I hadn’t been feeling well and forgot to pick up my tickets like I usually do. My kids happened to remind me so I ran into Mike’s about 8:00 p.m. and got my Quick Picks,” Young said. A text from her brother, after the news broke that the winning ticket had been sold in Madison, prompted Young to go on-line to check her numbers. At first she wasn’t even aware of the amount of the jackpot, and when she discovered she’d actually won it, she was shocked. “My first reaction was surrealistic…I just couldn’t believe it,” she said. “Then Eric (her significant other) told me to calm down and contact a lawyer, which was really good advice.”

Now that the initial shock is wearing off, Young has consulted both her attorney and her financial advisor, and has started making plans for what to do with her winnings. “I hope to make the winnings last for awhile, and it’s nice to have a little break from having to live from month to month. I plan to use some of the prize money to get a family portrait done, pay for my dad’s funeral, and take my kids on a vacation,” said Young. Even though she’s a jackpot winner, Young says she’ll keep buying her Quick Picks and even stopped at her usual spot to get tickets for Saturday’s drawing before heading to Sioux Falls to collect her winnings. Her advice to other would-be winners… “Sign the back of your tickets as soon as you buy them! I never thought about it before but when you win big, you realize how important that is,” she laughed.

Two Wild Card 2 Winners in North Dakota Split $385,000 Jackpot

claimed at North Dakota lottery headquarters recently. Joe Jongeward of Valley City claimed his ticket and was still in disbelief. “This is a gift from God,” said Joe.’ We will pay off some bills and I’ll probably get a new set of golf clubs.” Joe also made the comment that his wife, Sandra, could use a different car, so that would probably be on the shopping list.

It was a busy night for Lady Luck and a very lucky night for two winning Wild Card 2 ticket holders. The winning tickets, drawn on Wednesday, February 3, matched all five white balls and the Wild Card to win the jackpot, worth $384,884. The prize is split between the two winners, making each ticket worth $192,442.

Both tickets were “My wife and I are simple people and we choose to live a simple life.’ Not much will change,” said Joe. The winning ticket was purchased at Brothers III Sports in Valley City. The second winner, who purchased the ticket at Lakota Cenex in Lakota, chose to remain anonymous but left a parting comment. “I will probably pay off a few bills and put the rest into savings for when I need it later.”

North Dakota Retired Farmer Wins $1.6 Million Jackpot

A Grafton farmer who commented he is the most unlikely person to win, stood with a ceremonial check for his jackpot winnings with his wife and children at the store where he bought the winning Wild Card 2 ticket for the November 25th drawing. George Nelson has the deadpan humor of a retired Norwegian farmer who says he remembers “not having two nickels to rub together.” While standing in Wally’s Supermarket, the store that sold him the ticket, he said he compares farming to playing the lottery. He mentioned to a friend, “if I had won this earlier, I could have farmed a year longer.” George added, “I was pretty satisfied with my life the way it was, I don’t plan on any big changes now.”

He also said he does not plan on any big spending... “Probably the closest I came was I drove by the car dealership on the edge of town, and I looked, and knew I could buy one, if I wanted to. That’s probably as far as it will go.” He did say he is going to buy his wife Char a new car, to replace the 2005 Toyota Vibe she drives. He drives a 2003 Chevy Suburban.

As far as for his children Nelson said, “The kids really won this,” as he nodded toward his two children who he and Char adopted from Bulgaria. “This will go to them.” The Nelson’s adopted their children when their first daughter died moments after being born in 1990. The Nelson’s son, Ventzi, got home last Monday from his job with the Carnival Cruise Line, where he’s a musical director for cruises. He hadn’t heard yet about his father’s big win. “He showed us the newspaper article. We didn’t know what it was about. He said, ‘Look at the numbers.’ Then, he showed us the lottery ticket. Then nothing much more was said. We drove to Bismarck the next day.”

When claiming the ticket at North Dakota Lottery headquarters in Bismarck, George wore a button with a photo of Asya (his daughter) who is a senior in high school. George plans to do more fishing with his daughter. “Nice and peaceful, in ponds in cow pastures,” he said. “Catching big lunkers isn’t the deal.”

Loose Change Wins WILD CARD 2 Jackpot for North Dakota Group!

Three employees from the Coffee Cup in Steele claimed the $125,000 Wild Card 2 jackpot from the Saturday, April 4 drawing. The lucky trio usually pool their loose change to purchase lottery tickets. On Saturday, the change amounted to only one dollar and that is all it took to win big.

“We only had a dollar to spend, so we decided to get a Wild Card ticket,” said Cindy, one of the lucky three winners. “When I got to work on Sunday, I checked the numbers. I couldn’t believe it. The numbers all matched and we won the jackpot. When I called Linda to tell her we won, she didn’t believe me!”

The winners, Cindy Heinz, Linda Sprague and Emilee Rebel said they will keep playing the Lottery using their loose change. You never know if Lady Luck will strike twice. Cindy plans to use some of the cash to remodel her home, Emilee is going to pay off her car loan and start a savings account for her two-year-old daughter and Linda didn’t have any plans yet. Congratulations to the lucky trio.

South Dakota Man Claims $378,068 Wild Card 2 Jackpot

(Pierre) – Don Kwasniewski of Webster claimed the $378,068 jackpot he won in the Wild Card 2 multi-state lotto game for the March 14 drawing. Kwasniewski purchased the winning “quick pick” ticket at Pike’s Clark in Webster. The store will receive a bonus for selling the winning ticket. This is the seventh time the jackpot has been won in South Dakota. The game is currently played in South Dakota, North Dakota, Montana and Idaho.

$105,000 Wild Card 2 Jackpot Claimed in Montana!

Mike Trosper of Ronan has claimed a $105,000 Wild Card jackpot prize from Montana Lottery headquarters. Trosper bought his winning ticket from Grantree Conoco located in Bozeman for the December 31 drawing.

Mike said he plays Lotto occasionally, but doesn’t normally play Wild Card. Mike’s winning ticket matched all five white balls and the Wild Card. His winning numbers were 2-3-8-20-25 and the Wild Card was the Queen of Clubs. He plans to use the money to pay bills.

Wild Card is played in Idaho, North and South Dakota, and Montana. Montana has sold the last two Wild Card jackpot winning tickets. Cecil Rides at the Door of Browning won a prize worth $181,997 for the December 24 drawing.

A lottery tickSouth Dakota Couple Claims $698,933 Wild Card 2 Jackpot!

Curtis Ness and his wife Cheryl Herrig-Ness of Brookings claimed the 10th largest lotto jackpot ever won in South Dakota. The couple won the Saturday, November 15th, drawing for a $698,933 jackpot in the multi-state Wild Card 2 lotto game, and claimed their prize at the Lottery office in Sioux Falls.

“This is something you dream about, but don’t think is possible,” Curtis Ness said. “It’s very exciting.” The couple discovered they’d won while on the phone together. Curtis had left his wallet at home and Cheryl checked the ticket with the numbers Curtis read to her. Their disbelief is starting to give way to the reality of winning a jackpot. “I feel kind of numb,” Cheryl said. “It’s not going to change a lot, but will make our future a lot brighter.”

“This will make retirement possible,” Curtis said. With all the attention to the jackpot, the couple didn’t know until claiming the prize at the Lottery office that they’d also won an additional $1 on another play on the ticket. Ness purchased the winning “quick pick” ticket at the Casey’s General Store in Brookings. This is the sixth time the jackpot has been won in South Dakota.

North Dakota Player Wins $711,585 Cash!
A winning Wild Card 2 jackpot ticket worth $711,585 was drawn in North Dakota on Saturday, April 12. The winning ticket was purchased at Simonson's Station Store located in Grand Forks. The lucky Grand Forks winner, who has chosen to remain anonymous, showed up at lottery headquarters along with his wife early Monday morning to claim the winnings. “On Sunday morning, I checked my lottery tickets while having my cup of coffee. As I read the numbers in the newspaper, I couldn't believe what I was seeing,” said the winner. “So, I asked my wife to check the tickets. Then I called my son to have him check the numbers on the website. Everything matched. We couldn't believe it.” The lucky couple plans to share the wealth. “We will give some to our church and to a youth group. This is a divine gift and we plan to do some good with it.”

$227,245 Wild Card 2 Jackpot Claimed in Montana!
James (Jim) McKenzie of Absarokee has claimed the Wild Card 2 jackpot from the Saturday, December 15th drawing. The amount of his prize winnings is $227,245 cash. McKenzie bought his winning ticket at Milligan's in Absarokee. He says he plays all four Lotto games— Powerball , Montana Cash, Wild Card and Hot Lotto—on a regular basis, but this is the first time he's won much of anything. “I think I won $100 once. That's about it,” said Jim.

Jim said everyone at Milligan's was really excited. The people were stopping everyone in the store and making sure they all checked their tickets yesterday. “You should have seen them when my ticket turned out to be the right one!” said Jim. He currently works at the Stillwater Mine, and was planning to head home for his shift tonight. Since Wild Card 2 is a multi-state game, Jim won't receive his winnings for a couple more weeks, as the jackpot money has to be collected from all the states. “That's OK,” he said. “I can get some financial plans put together in the meantime.” He hasn't had much time to think about what he will do with his prize money, but plans on paying bills and setting up an account for his 3-year-old daughter.

Idaho Woman Wins Lottery for Fifth Time with Wild Card Jackpot!

Some people dream of winning the Lottery at least once. But for one Caldwell resident, winning the Lottery over the past five years has become common place. Anna Pearl Rowell could be considered the luckiest Lottery Lady of all time.

Anna Pearl Rowell claimed her $110,000 winning Wild Card check from the Idaho Lottery and then retired from her service as the Office Manager for the Canyon County Assessor’s Office.Rowell became the third Wild Card jackpot winner from Idaho in the last four months when she matched all of her numbers and the Wild Card from the draw held on Saturday, November 3, 2007. “It’s a pretty great feeling when all your numbers start to match up,” said an excited Rowell. “I read the numbers in the paper on Sunday morning and couldn’t believe it. I started reading the numbers and looking at my ticket and then said, ‘Oh my god! Oh my god! Oh my god!’ My husband thought the dog had been run over.”

This was Rowell’s fifth big Lottery win. In October 2002, Rowell won a Dodge Ram Quad-cab pick-up truck through the Idaho Lottery’s “Bucks and Trucks” second chance scratch game promotion. In July 2004, Rowell hit lottery luck again when she won $15,000 playing as a contestant in the Idaho Lottery’s 15th Anniversary Game Show. And those are just Rowell’s highest wins. Earlier in 2004 she won $1,500 on the Idaho Lottery's 15th Anniversary scratch ticket and in 2005 she won a Pac-Man video arcade through another second chance draw. When asked the secret to her lucky success Rowell only offered, “Well, I tell my husband he’s really lucky to have me.”Rowell had planned to retire on November 16 before hitting it big. Her win just happened to be a great big coincidence. “This is great because now I’ll be able to pay off my house,” she said happily. With five big Lottery wins, retired, and no longer having a house payment, Rowell certainly is living the dream.

Montana Teacher Is Wild Card 2 Jackpot Winner!

Debbie Kral-Knuth of Great Falls is the October 24th Wild Card 2 jackpot winner. The ticket is worth $162,190. Debbie has taught at the Montana School for the Deaf and Blind for 32 years. “Right now I teach 5th, 6th, and 7th grades, but I've taught everything from pre-school through grade 12,” says Debbie.

Debbie's husband, Mike, is the one who discovered her ticket won the jackpot. He stopped at the local store one morning and found out it was a jackpot winner. He told the store, “This is my wife's ticket. I have to go get her and go to Helena.”

According to Debbie, when she came home for lunch, Mike told her they had to go to Helena because any prize over $600 had to be claimed at Lottery Headquarters. He then told her it was a $5,000 winner, the second tier prize in the game. “But I need you to check it for me.” As Debbie read the numbers on her ticket and realized the five numbers AND the Wild Card were there, she says she started shaking and tears started flowing. Then Mike confessed and told her it was indeed the jackpot ticket.

Debbie went back to school to find her supervisor and ask for the afternoon off. Knuths are expecting their first grandchild shortly, and all her co-workers assumed the baby girl had arrived. “No, just a practice run to see if I can stay calm!” laughed Debbie.

Idaho Player Wins Wild Card 2 Jackpot!
For the second time in three months, a player from Idaho has struck it rich by hitting the Wild Card 2 jackpot. Barbara Richart from Payette won the $110,000 jackpot from the September 26, 2007 draw.

“I'm trying to breathe,” exclaimed the Payette County Prosecutor when she claimed her winnings at Lottery Headquarters. “It's really real?” Richart shops regularly at Lonnie's Market in Payette, the store that sold the winning ticket. “I went to the store to get bread on my lunch break and there was a sign that said someone in Payette had won the jackpot,” described Richart of how she found out she was the winner. “I was so excited, I couldn't eat my lunch.”

When she returned to her office, she pulled up the Lottery's website and called her office in to look at it. “There's a Lottery winner from Payette,” she announced pointing a finger at herself. “And it's me.” Evidently one of her co-workers cried with tears of joy. “This is my retirement fund,” she said. “It'll get me there a couple of years earlier.” “ Idaho continues to be a lucky state for our lottery players,” stated Jeff Anderson, Idaho Lottery Director.

Mystery $2.78 Million Jackpot Winner Finally Claims Prize!
On June 30, Ken Covert of Pocatello, Idaho hit the $2.78 million Wild Card jackpot. And true to his name, Covert managed to keep a low profile for 37 days while quietly taking care of his affairs until coming forward to claim his winning ticket.

In early July, Covert had just returned from a river trip on the Payette when he heard the news that someone had won the Wild Card jackpot from the Pocatello area. “It was Monday morning about 9 a.m. when I checked my ticket. When I saw all the numbers, and then that ace of spades, my heart beat went up a little,” admitted Covert. He then treated himself to a little self-meditating under a shade tree at his house to contemplate what to do next.

Despite the excitement surrounding Pocatello following the announcement of the winning ticket, Covert waited a month to come forward and claim his jackpot. “I had a lot of commitments with family and friends early in July,” explained Covert, a long time resident of the Pocatello area. “Then it was a matter of quietly taking care of some details with my work and meeting with my financial planner to gets matters organized.” While Covert is still considering his long-term options for the future, he does plan to invest a large majority of his winnings. Asked if his lifestyle would change any, Covert smiled and said, “I can tell you, no more cheap hotel rooms, no more cheap restaurants, Tom Bodett, turn off your light.”

North Dakota Woman Wins $552,098 Jackpot
Georgia Blotsky, along with her family, made the trip to Bismarck to claim the $552,098 jackpot she won in the Saturday, September 15, Wild Card 2 drawing. Georgia said that she found out she won the jackpot on Sunday morning when her husband, Leo, checked her tickets. “I couldn’t believe I won. I had him check the numbers again and again to make sure it was true.” The Blotskys’ two daughters, who had a difficult time believing that Mom won the jackpot, participated in the excitement at the Lottery headquarters in Bismarck. For their daughters, seeing was believing.

It has been a very lucky summer for the Blotskys as they discovered that lightening can strike twice. In August, Lady Luck also found Leo, who won a $5,000 prize playing Wild Card 2. Both winning tickets were purchased at the Farmers Union Oil in Beulah. This is the second Wild Card 2 jackpot that was won at this retailer. A jackpot worth $588,954 was won on March 1, 2006. The Blotskys plan to use the prize money to pay bills and save some for a rainy day.

Player in Idaho Wins $2.78 Million Jackpot!
A single winning lottery ticket sold in Idaho matched all five numbers and the Wild Card in the Saturday, June 30th drawing of Wild Card 2 and will walk away with a $2.78 Million cash jackpot. Players must match all five numbers selected from one to 31, and one of 16 face cards. The wild card was the ace of spades. The winner has not come forward yet.

$1.1 Million Wild Card 2 Jackpot Claimed in Montana!

Daniel Nisbet of Helena, Montana, has claimed a $1,127,000 Wild Card jackpot. He won the prize by matching all five winning numbers plus the Wild Card in the Wednesday, August 16, drawing. “I always play both Wild Card and Hot Lotto,” he said. “That’s because the odds of winning something are better.” In this case, the odds were way better.

When a nervous Nisbet called his wife to tell her the news, she didn’t believe him. “She thinks it’s a joke,” he said. When a lottery employee confirmed the win, she didn’t believe him, either. Pondering what he might do with his winnings, he mentioned paying off his house, having the money to send his three children to college, becoming debt–free. “I might even retire.” Nisbet works for the state and purchased his winning ticket, a quick pick, at Green Meadow Market in Helena.

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