News Release

Lakeville Resident “One Number Away From Retirement”

Wins $200,000 Powerball® Prize

MARCH 25, 2008 — John Koch of Lakeville called the Lottery’s winning numbers line on Sunday (March 23) and listened to the winning Powerball numbers for the night before, comparing them to the numbers on his three-line quick-pick ticket. The Powerball number on the first two lines matched the one drawn. The third line matched the first five numbers drawn to win $200,000.

“I started shaking and I hung up,” said Koch. After his wife called back to listen to the winning numbers, they left to have dinner with family members. “It was the topic of the whole day. I could hardly eat,” he recalled. “At some point, I called my boss to let him know that I would like to take a couple of days off of work,” he added.

“We were one number away from retirement,” said Koch.

Koch claimed the prize at the Lottery’s headquarters in Roseville on March 24.

The winning Powerball numbers drawn on March 22, 2008 were 7-25-28-46-48 and the Powerball was 19.

Holiday Stationstore, located at 16255 Ipava Ave. in Lakeville, sold the winning ticket.

A $200,000 Powerball prize from the drawing on Feb. 13, 2008 (sold in Stearns County) has not yet been claimed. Players have one year from the date of the drawing to claim all prizes.

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