News Release

Blaine Resident Wins $100,000 Lottery Prize

APRIL 15, 2008 — Edward Strickland of Blaine won $100,000 by playing the Lottery’s Minnesota Hold ’Em Scratch Game.

Strickland purchased the winning ticket at Central Park Warehouse, located at 8101 Highway 65 N.E., in Spring Lake Park. He scratched the bottom half of the ticket and uncovered the $100,000 win. “I was in disbelief,” Strickland recalled. He called his wife and read the instructions to her and she agreed that it did sound like a winning ticket.

As he waited for his prize check at the Lottery’s headquarters in Roseville yesterday, Strickland said that he had no doubt whatsoever that he’d win a big lottery prize. “I knew that I knew that I was going to win.”

The overall odds to win a prize playing Minnesota Hold ’Em are 1 in 3.63. Two of six $100,000 prizes remain to be claimed. To play the $5 Minnesota Hold ’Em Scratch Game, simply scratch the play areas to reveal the games. Here’s how to play:

1. Begin by scratching the eight Hand areas and the Pro’s Hand area on each table to reveal two cards in each area.
2. Scratch the Community Cards on each Table to reveal the five cards.
3. For each Hand and the Pro’s Hand, determine the highest value five card poker hand using one or both symbols in your hand combination with the five Community Cards.
4. If any Hand’s five card combination has a higher value than the corresponding Pro’s Hand five card combination, you win the prize for that hand. (Each table is played separately. Aces are high.)

Lottery players must be 18 years of age or older. Please play responsibly. If you or someone you know needs help with a gambling problem, call (800) 333-HOPE.

For Scratch and Online games information, winning numbers, unclaimed prizes, and lots more, you can call our Player Hotline 651-634-1111 or browse this Web site.

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