Minnesota State Lottery

Major Prize Winners

 

Twin Cities Area 1997

Date

Amount

Game

Name

Town

12/26/97 $100,000 Night on the Town Edgar Rice Brooklyn Park
12/24/97 $293,228 Gopher 5 Mike Wodaszewski** Vadnais Heights
12/23/97 $100,000 Powerball Jim Duffy St. Paul
12/12/97 $100,000 Powerball Margaret Bojarski White Bear Lake
12/02/97 $100,000 Powerball Houa Xiong St. Paul
11/25/97 $110,000 Gopher 5 Douglas Grone Lino Lakes
11/10/97 $145,258 Gopher 5 Dennis Linman** Brooklyn Park
11/10/97 $100,000 Night on the Town Robert Odegard Forest Lake
11/10/97 $145,258 Gopher 5 Jim Degnan** West St. Paul
11/04/97 $1,000/mo.  Win for Life Archie Atkinson Minneapolis
10/24/97 $100,000 Night on the Town Jacquie King Crystal
10/16/97 $55,000 Gopher 5 Joan Silverdahl** Coon Rapids
10/15/97 $55,000 Gopher 5 Jim Jacobson** Rosemount
09/15/97 $100,000 Night on the Town Mike Mintle Rogers
09/15/97 $100,000 Night on the Town John Snoddy Minneapolis
09/02/97 $100,000 Powerball Sari Alsaker Forest Lake
08/28/97 $100,000 Night on the Town  James Engstrom Andover
08/25/97 $100,000 Powerball Johnie Gould Lakeville
08/21/97 $55,000 Gopher 5 David Mitchell** Circle Pines
08/21/97 $100,000 Powerball Bernard & Kay Eischen Hastings
08/20/97 $55,000 Gopher 5 Aubrey Milligan** St. Paul
08/19/97 $100,000 Gopher 5 Jeff Ketola Woodbury
08/11/97 $100,000 Powerball Rodney Sorenson Lexington
08/04/97 $100,000 Powerball Bob & Dorin Cimbura Mounds View
07/28/97 $244,758 Gopher 5 Don & Rose Rzeszutek Brooklyn Center
07/24/97 $100,000 Powerball Mary & Phil Dischinger Lino Lakes
07/09/97 $100,000 Gopher 5 George & Dolores Dahedl White Bear Lake
07/08/97 $100,000 Powerball NWA Pool (5 members) Twin Cities
07/07/97 $110,000 Gopher 5 Lester Schickling Sr. Prescott, Wis.
07/07/97 $100,000 Powerball Bill & Judy Cournoyer North St. Paul
06/12/97 $100,000 Powerball Troy Johnson St. Paul
06/6/97 $100,000 High Roller Ken Ruprecht Champlin
06/2/97 $100,000 Powerball Ross Rosenberg Bloomington
05/28/97 $100,000 Powerball Daryl Gorham New Hope
05/19/97 $100,000 High Roller Wayne Ziemer Brooklyn Park
05/19/97 $129,771 Gopher 5 Michael Howe Lakeville
05/08/97 $100,000 Powerball Maxwell Khondwe New Brighton
05/05/97 $100,000 High Roller Sharon Doran Forest Lake
05/05/97 $100,000 Gopher 5 Jack & Judy Diehl West. St. Paul
04/29/97 $100,000 Powerball Sandy Hyvare Coon Rapids
04/16/97 $352,839 Gopher 5 Mike Asleson West St. Paul
04/14/97 $100,000 High Roller Sadie Theisen Delano
03/14/97 $100,000 High Roller Jim Theodorakakos St. Paul
03/12/97 $459,103 Gopher 5 Yellow Freight Pool (5 people)  Burnsville
01/27/97 $162,633 Gopher 5 Ken Olson** Ham Lake
01/27/97 $162,633 Gopher 5 Norma Jean Sadek** Edina
01/17/97 $100,000 Powerball Clemens Bushard Marine-on-St. Croix
01/13/97 $100,000 Powerball Cheryl Walden Minneapolis
01/07/97    $179,975 Gopher 5 James Palmer Savage
*Denotes one winning ticket split at winners' discretion.
**Denotes a prize split among multiple winning tickets.
This list includes all metro area major prize winners in 1997.
 
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