Major Prize Winners: Central

Date ClaimedPrizeGame/PromotionNameWinner's City
Purchased In
05/01/13 $28,000 Northstar Cash Gaylene Watson Sartell St. Cloud
04/24/13 $34,802 Northstar Cash Dellas Norgren South Haven South Haven
04/08/13 $100,000 $100,000 Cash Spectacular Jeanne Armstrong Brainerd Brainerd
01/01/13 $100,000 Minnesota Millionaire Raffle Duane Westberg Sauk Rapids Side Lake 
12/12/12 $1,000,000 Million Dollar Jackpot Leona Veltikold Brooten Brooten 
11/28/12 $1,000,000 Powerball Saday Webster Millville St. Charles 
11/26/12 $78,918 Northstar Cash Greg Novotny Lonsdale Lonsdale 
11/26/12 $78,918 Northstar Cash Darrell Conarro & James Janski Rice Rice 
10/27/12 $63,331 Northstar Cash Denise Moen Long Prairie Long Prairie 
10/12/12 $100,000 Camouflage Cash Mark Etzler Staples Motley 
10/01/12 $200,000 $200,000 Riches and Rides Ken Myers Pierz Shoreview 
06/13/12 $100,000 Coffee Break Crossword Dennis Martin Jr. Princeton Princeton 
01/14/12 $43,500 Northstar Cash John Mathias Osseo Osseo
04/18/12 $34,229 Northstar Cash John Wiedewitsch Backus Princeton 
04/13/12 $135,065 Gopher 5 Debra Krulikosky Brownton Hutchinson 
04/16/12 $100,000 $100,000 MN Hold 'Em Kevin Carlson Cedar Maple Grove 
03/30/12 $250,000 Mega Millions Brett Nienaber Pequot Lakes Baxter 
03/03/12 $2,000,000 Powerball - Power Play Robert Wahlquist Oak Grove St. Francis
03/01/12 $100,000 Funky 5's Kimberly Schultz North Branch  
02/13/12 $52,679 Progressive Print-N-Play ($3 Crossword) Robert Bruce Sauk Centre  
02/01/12 $50,000 $200,000 Lucky Diamonds Josh Groshong Little Falls  
01/11/12 $200,000 Powerball Robert Barry Ironton  
01/11/12 $100,000 $100,000 Taxes Paid Dyllan Blitvich St. Cloud  
01/01/12 $30,000 Northstar Cash Brian Olson Princeton  
01/01/12 $100,000 Minnesota Millionaire Raffle Jenean Rudnitski St. Cloud  
12/1/11 $50,000 20X the Money Brian Spencer Clearwater  
12/1/11 $100,000 Black Pearls Patrick Wright St. Cloud  
10/27/11 $300,000 Wildlife Winnngs Wade Kutzera St. Joseph  
09/08/11 $100,000 10X The Money Dustin Rennee' St. Cloud  
08/31/11 $100,000 Wheel of Fortune Robert Anderson Sauk Centre  
08/24/11 $28,486 Northstar Cash (1 of 2 tickets to split the $56,972 Jackpot) David Ekeroth Big Lake  
08/07/11 $26,000 Northstar Cash Bobbie Lee Finders Sartell  
06/20/11 $200,000 $200,000 Pure Gold Michael Slivnik St. Stephen  
06/15/11 $28,000 Northstar Cash John Hutchinson Buffalo  
05/09/11 $300,000 Casino Slots Extravaganza Diane Anderson Princeton  
04/28/11 $77,094 Progressive Print-N-Play Crossword ($3) Linnea Lind Sauk Rapids  
04/08/11 $77,777 7s to Win! Glenn Danzeisen St. Cloud  
04/02/11 $74,014 Northstar Cash Joe Lewis Milaca  
02/11/11 $50,000 Cash Blast Robbie Randolph Dearborn Heights, MI Sauk Centre
01/12/11 $100,000 Diamond Crossword Doubler Thomas Johnson St. Cloud  
01/01/11 $1,000,000 Minnesota Mllionaire Raffle Daniel Goke St. Cloud  
12/08/10 $100,000 Fabulous 5s Barbara Okroi Pierz  
10/04/10 $200,000 Minnesota Vikings Scratch Game Denise Burgau Sauk Centre  
08/25/10 $500,000 $500,000 Payday Rollin Olson Sartell  
08/09/10 $49,269 Northstar Cash Monica Johnson Staples  
05/20/10 $100,000 Fire 'N' Dice  Brenda Fobbe Maple Lake  
04/07/10 $50,000 $500,000 Payday Martin Miller Princeton  
03/29/10 $500,000 24 Karat Gold Robert Kelley St. Cloud  
03/09/10 $1,000,000 Mega Millions Lee Grimmer & Henry Lasser Elk River  
02/22/10 $27,000 Northstar Cash Carolyn Deters Elrosa  
02/10/10 $428,397 Gopher 5 Elmer & Linda Salo Milaca  
01/29/10 $77,777 Sizzlin' 7's Richard Lee St. Cloud  
01/13/10 $25,000 Northstar Cash Shirley Kerr Annandale  
01/12/10 $29,000 Northstar Cash Thomas Schultz Ostego  
01/07/10 $51,613 Northstar Cash (1 of 2 winning tickets sold to split the $103,227 jackpot) David Solum Hawick  
11/14/09 $36,694 Northstar Cash Wayne Jay Rockford  
11/13/09 $100,000 Buck$ and Dough Frank Hull Jr. Ogilvie  
11/06/09 $100,000 WPT Texas Hold 'Em Bob Ries Monticello  
10/01/09 $28,000 Northstar Cash Ralph Garding Grey Eagle  
09/11/09 $50,000 MEGA MONOPOLY Maurice Karsh Pequot Lakes  
08/21/09 $117,682 Northstar Cash Steve Lamser Avon  
08/19/09 $200,000 Powerball Nicolle Kruger, Derek VanderLinden, Jennifer Wenisch & Shelly Wilkening St. Cloud, Sartell, St. Cloud, Becker  
07/28/09 $55,684 Northstar Cash Tim Kuhl Rice  
07/15/09 $28,000 Northstar Cash Craig Scandinato Princeton  
07/13/09 $100,000 Funky 5s James Hansen Coon Rapids Emily
07/07/09 $25,000 Northstar Cash Linda Loiselle-Kampa Clear Lake  
06/20/09 $200,000 Powerball Alida Scott Palisade  
06/19/09 $57,277 Northstar Cash Kay Heltemes Waite Park  
06/10/09 $26,000 Northstar Cash Richard Hanson Brooten  
06/04/09 $50,000 $200,000 Money Match Heather Tesch Long Prairie  
05/19/09 $100,000 $100,000 Treasure Hunt Devon Pipek Staples  
04/29/09 $200,000 Powerball Stan Brown St. Cloud  
04/29/09 $92,926 Northstar Cash Marla Smith Big Lake  
03/15/09 $44,401 Northstar Cash Delroy Theis Cold Spring  
02/28/09 $27,000 Northstar Cash Rosalia Heath Swanville  
02/23/09 $66,507 Northstar Cash Dean & Bonnie Brown Little Falls  
02/08/09 $39,857 Northstar Cash Todd Olson St. Cloud  
01/21/09 $100,000 Break the Bank John Hylland Buffalo  
01/07/09 $50,000 $500,000 Fortune Ross Robinson Princeton  
11/26/08 $200,000 Powerball Marvin & LuAnn Gerold Zimmerman  
11/21/08 $50,000 Diamonds and Sevens Ethel Sopkowiak St. Cloud  
11/15/08 $77,719 Northstar Cash Linnea Schraut Royalton  
09/03/08 $200,000 Powerball Gary Tegantvoort Palisade  
08/11/08 $500,000 $500,000 Extravaganza Lorraine Lang St. Cloud  
02/26/08 $77,777 Red Hot 7s Jin Ru Jiang Sartell  
02/13/08 $29,000 Northstar Cash Mitchell Jerde Rockford  
01/24/08 $100,000 Minnesota Hold 'Em Michelle Utesch St. Michael  
01/19/08 $200,000 Powerball Audrey Eng McGregor  
01/17/08 $29,000 Northstar Cash Henry Birr Little Falls  
01/06/08 $45,259 Northstar Cash Jim Beam Isle  
01/01/08 $1,000,000 Minnesota Millionaire Raffle CTC's Lucky 40* Brainerd Area  
01/01/08 $100,000 Minnesota Millionaire Raffle Cara Gillette Ogilvie  
12/13/07 $100,000 Diamond Jackpot Joe Siwek Oak Park  
11/07/07 $19,090 Northstar Cash Ernest Bestul Brainerd  
10/25/07 $28,000 Northstar Cash Chad Dresow Clear Lake  
09/17/07 $26,000 Northstar Cash James Gillman Princeton  
08/30/07 $100,000 Diamond Jackpot Sarah Horton Sauk Centre  
08/13/07 $12,500** Northstar Cash Gerald Ronayne Waverly  
07/18/07 $16,666* Super Wild Cherry Crossword Bruce Thorfinnson Glenwood  
07/13/07 $33,810 Northstar Cash Julie Victor Sartell  
05/29/07 $41,840 Northstar Cash Kristen Harvey Big Lake  
05/29/07 $77,777 Magnificent 7s Gene Tutor Okeechobee, FL Nisswa
05/17/07 $77,777 Extreme 7s Ted Fischer Wadena  
05/13/07 $25,000 Northstar Cash Cindy Brinkman Richmond  
04/26/07 $45,127 Northstar Cash Leroy Pemberton Onamia  
03/13/07 $77,777 Extreme 7s Joseph Adams Pierz  
02/12/07 $25,000 Northstar Cash Rose Mary Sobania St. Cloud  
01/01/07 $100,000 Minnesota Millionaire Raffle Sharon Miller Pierz  
11/20/06 $181,416 Northstar Cash Steven Campbell Walker  
10/09/06 $80,139** Northstar Cash Milly Peschong Paynesville  
10/09/06 $80,139** Northstar Cash Gregg Bestgen St. Joseph  
09/29/06 $100,000 $100,000 Blackjack Charles Brown Annandale  
09/29/06 $100,000 $100,000 Blackjack Jerrell (Jerry) Kramer Big Lake  
09/06/06 $100,000 Golden Riches Jarrod Baumann Melrose  
08/21/06 $26,000 Northstar Cash Mark Reller Grey Eagle  
07/22/06 $40,000 Powerball with Power Play Bradley Shoff Akeley  
07/17/06 $27,000 Northstar Cash Juanita Vaala Elk River  
06/20/06 $74,384 Northstar Cash Harvey Oestreich Howard Lake  
06/20/06 $100,000 Jackpot Treasure Clara Kroll Holdingford  
06/09/06 $200,000 $200,000 Players Club Donald (Jamie) Reynolds III St. Cloud  
05/31/06 $50,000 Powerball Rod Strumbel Rockford  
05/25/06 $77,777 Super Emerald Green 7s Sylvester Helmin Foley  
05/22/06 $13,500** Northstar Cash Perry Ellering Melrose  
05/22/06 $13,500** Northstar Cash Alice Hallett Verndale  
05/02/06 $27,000 Northstar Cash Richard Hejny Aitkin  
03/08/06 $200,000 Powerball Mary Lou Moudry Brainerd  
02/14/06 $28,000 Northstar Cash Michael Ellering Melrose  
01/07/06 $49,504 Northstar Cash Donald Reutzel Paynesville  
11/18/05 $14,500** Northstar Cash Lynette Robbin Belgrade  
11/05/05 $25,000 Northstar Cash Edward Erickson St. Michael  
11/04/05 $31,522 Northstar Cash Ben & Ellen Dobos* Foley  
11/04/05 $31,522 Northstar Cash Kevin Dobos* Albany  
11/04/05 $31,522 Northstar Cash Annette Kelash* Sauk Rapids  
10/26/05 $77,777 Super Ruby Red 7s Anthony Costello Sauk Rapids  
10/24/05 $77,777 Lightning 7s Lori Miller Staples  
10/19/05 $853,492 Powerball June Juaire Brainerd  
10/14/05 $30,000 Northstar Cash Pamela Voss Holdingford  
08/25/05 $50,000 High Roller Crossword Lucas Anderson Waite Park  
08/11/05 $77,777 Super Ruby Red 7s Michael Collins St. Cloud  
08/09/05 $250,000 15th Anniversary Scratch Game Michael Johnson Milaca  
07/27/05 $100,000 Minnesota Hold 'Em Ambrose Symalla Holdingford  
07/12/05 $100,000 High Roller Crossword Delores Jedlicka Clarissa  
07/09/05 $100,000* Powerball Dick Reimer & Janice Johnson Mc Gregor  
07/01/05 $167,670** Gopher 5 Carla Olsen St. Cloud  
06/13/05 $25,000 Northstar Cash Roger Swanson Buffalo  
06/10/05 $50,000 High Roller Crossword Chris Moore Sauk Rapids  
06/04/05 $201,615 Northstar Cash Jerry Kostreba Rice  
05/06/05 $200,000 10 Times the Luck Cindy Ledford Stanchfield  
04/31/05 $35,599** Northstar Cash Stacy Dingmann St. Cloud  
03/30/05 $35,599** Northstar Cash Jeffrey Schmidt Clear Lake  
03/21/05 $100,000 Royal Cards Jerome Roth Monticello  
03/04/05 $110,000 Gopher 5 Jeff Bednarek Big Lake  
02/17/05 $10,000 Big 2nd Chance Promo Arnie Zahratka Howard Lake  
01/18/05 $100,000 Winner Wonderland Terrance “Boots” Maring Palisade  
12/27/04 $87,316 Northstar Cash Janet Flor Princeton  
12/10/04 $200,000 Winter Jackpot Adam Merritt Tamarack  
11/30/04 $130,000 Gopher 5 Lois Lodien Princeton  
11/30/04 $50,000 Super Crossword Keith Black Ogilvie  
11/29/04 $50,000 Super Crossword Reggie Jeffro St. Cloud  
11/09/04 $81,893 Northstar Cash Phyllis Shern St. Cloud  
10/22/04 $110,000 Gopher 5 Mary Ann Lyon Rice  
10/22/04 $100,000 Jackpot Gold Gary Walz Litchfield  
10/8/04 $27,000 Northstar Cash Larry Pitcher Pine River  
10/08/04 $330,949 Gopher 5 Michael Hary Big Lake  
10/06/04 $100,000 Powerball Jack Williams Brainerd  
10/04/04 $100,000 Poker Night Kathleen “Kathi” Hanson Monticello  
08/02/04 $100,000 Jackpot Gold Bruce Fremstad Nisswa  
07/23/04 $77,777 Magnificent 7s Jennifer Leerssen Lake George  
06/05/04 $70,936 Northstar Cash Robert Barker Clear Lake  
05/27/04 $100,000 $100,000 Casino Run Mike Sage Buffalo  
05/20/04 $27,000 Northstar Cash Craig Scandinato Princeton  
05/09/04 $38,608 Northstar Cash John Wiedewitsch Princeton  
04/14/04 $100,000 Cash Blast Wayne Monson Little Falls  
04/09/04 $120,313 Gopher 5 Steve & Barb Szech Swanville  
12/27/03 $500,000 Powerball (Power Play) Elmer Salo Princeton  
12/14/03 $179,711 Northstar Cash Amy Spicer Big Lake  
11/17/03 $46,961 Northstar Cash Rhonda Chalich Akeley  
10/25/03 $95,450,000** Powerball Happy Huskers* Holdingford  
10/07/03 $100,000 High Stakes Richard Bruce Burtrum  
09/29/03 $100,000 High Stakes Rhonda Bruggman McGregor  
07/09/03 $100,000 Powerball Shirley Andrea Pierz  
06/20/03 $120,000 Gopher 5 Carol Harrington Pequot Lakes  
04/02/03 $100,000 Powerball 20 Lucky Bucks* Long Prairie  
03/19/03 Ford Ranger Trucks'N'Bucks David Paggen Waite Park  
02/01/03 $100,000 Powerball Shane Hagerty & Tracy Brolin Hawley, Royalton  
12/26/02 $100,000 Powerball Kevin Hastings Cushing  
12/17/02 $347,073 Gopher 5 Charlotte Mick St. Cloud  
12/09/02 $100,000 Jingle Bucks Duane Winter Brooten  
11/19/02 $77,777 Red Hot 7s Lori Caird Brainerd  
09/25/02 $100,000 Powerball Roger & Joyce Pierson Brainerd  
08/21/02 $100,000 Powerball FLOE Employees* McGregor  
06/18/02 $100,000 Vegas Vegas Ron Hemann Charles City, Iowa  
04/22/02 $100,000 High 5s Carole Becker Watkins  
03/21/02 $100,000 $100,000 Jackpot Tony Magnan Brainerd  
02/19/02 $100,000 Powerball Richard Carlson Sauk Rapids  
01/09/02 $100,000 Powerball Karri & Doug Bauer Albany  
01/03/02 $100,000 $100,000 Jackpot Michelle Eisenzimmer Milaca  
08/27/01 $77,777 Super Lucky 7s Susan Klose Burtrum  
08/28/01 $77,777 Super Lucky 7s Kevin Voss Delano  
06/04/01 $100,000 High Stakes George Vojta, Jr Rockford  
05/05/01 $100,000 Powerball Kenneth M. Twito St. Michael  
05/05/01 $100,000 Powerball Norton Nelson Monticello  
04/25/01 $100,000 Powerball Noreen Hanson Baudette  
04/25/01 $100,000 Powerball Roman Voit St. Cloud  
04/24/01 $100,000 High Stakes Jeri Nyren Annandale  
01/08/01 $100,000 Casino Nights Michael McDougall Buffalo  
12/02/00 $100,000 Powerball Kelly & Andy Monson Dassel  
11/18/00 $1,002,500 Powerball-The Game Show Tim Holbrook St. Cloud  
11/11/00 $100,000 Powerball Gerald Bradley Nokomis, IL Clearwater
10/02/00 $250,000 Tenth Anniversary Richard Windfeldt St. Cloud  
09/11/00 $100,000 Casino Nights Heather Hughes Park Rapids  
08/29/00 $110,000 Gopher 5 Florence Vranish Crosby  
08/07/00 $100,000 Casino Buffet Charles Cielinski Foley  
03/28/00 $349,901 Gopher 5 Rodney, Lillian & Melvin Smith Motley  
02/02/00 $100,000 Powerball Rhonda Griep Otsego  
01/27/00 $100,000 Casino Buffet Ruth Laughlin Brainerd  
12/06/99 $100,000 Viva Las Vegas Duane Hutchins St. Cloud  
08/17/99 $100,000 Viva Las Vegas Aaron Nylin Buffalo  
07/26/99 $1,000/wk for Life Cash4Life Gary & Gayle Rudlong Sr. Big Lake  
07/01/99 $100,000 Powerball Max Jones St. Cloud  
07/01/99 $78,882,065 Powerball Farrah Slad Brainerd  
03/19/99 $50,000 Cash4Life Elmer Leppanen Staples  
03/19/99 $174,721 Gopher 5 Shirley Blaisdell* Fifty Lakes  
01/06/99 $100,000 High Stakes Bill Doherty Annandale  
10/26/98 $1,000/wk for life Cash4Life Patricia Pagels Brainerd  
10/14/98 $55,012** Gopher 5 Tom Prokott Royalton  
09/25/98 $100,000 High Stakes Chandra Richter Elk River  
08/26/98 $50,000 Cash4Life Helen Haynes Long Prairie  
08/06/98 $20,000 Powerball Curt Lindelof* Pequot Lakes  
07/01/98 $100,000 Monte Carlo Susie Hein Menahga  
02/13/98 $100,000 Powerball Dale & Fran Stettler Brainerd  
11/10/97 $145,258** Gopher 5 Sandy & Bob Kline Bena  
10/31/97 $1,000/mo. Win for Life Mark Tacheny Dassel  
10/02/97 $100,000 Night on the Town Gary Hallermann St. Cloud  
09/29/97 $263,288 Gopher 5 Dennis & Marg Murphy Hemet, Calif.  
08/21/97 $100,000 Powerball Tom & Tammy Jones Bena  
08/08/97 $5 million Powerball Charlie Jasmer Verndale  
07/29/97 $100,000 Night on the Town Jesse Frenderich Little Falls  
07/02/97 $124,873 Gopher 5 Chuck McLaughlin Crosby  
03/26/97 $110,000 Gopher 5 Allan C. Eich Waite Park  
02/24/97 $487,183 Gopher 5 Karen Lukken Princeton  
02/04/97 $100,000 High Roller Ben Oswskey Annandale  
08/30/96 $100,000 Powerball Andrew Breen St. Cloud  
05/09/96 $100,000 High Stakes II Gerri Hickey Ogilvie  
04/15/96 $100,000 Gopher 5 Albert Viall Aitkin  
04/02/96 $1,000/mo. Win for Life Steve Hendershot Sauk Centre  
03/18/96 $100,000 High Stakes Lori Engelhart St. Michael  
02/27/96 $100,000 Powerball Barbara Cokely Sauk Centre  
01/25/96 $100,000 Powerball Pamela Boyd Onamia  
12/12/95 $84,494** Gopher 5 Ralph Rothstein Litchfield  
09/28/95 $100,000 Powerball R. Welshons Buffalo  
07/27/95 $108,640 Gopher 5 C. Fautsch Delano  
03/29/95 $100,000 Super Slots D. Mayo-Fearing Wadena  
03/06/95 $100,000 Powerball Dustin Nelson Princeton  
03/02/95 $100,000 Powerball Dennis Helder Princeton  
12/12/94 $100,005 Powerball Jeannine Keech Elk River  
11/30/94 $100,000 Powerball The Truzinskis St. Cloud  
09/14/94 $151,658 Gopher 5 Carol Gobat Outing  
08/01/94 $100,000 Powerball B. Weinans Rogers  
04/22/94 $100,000 Powerball The Petersons Princeton  
10/18/93 $100,002 Powerball Gary Toenies Freeport  
09/30/93 $100,001 Powerball The Lamperts St. Cloud  
08/30/93 $100,000 Powerball June Lee Long Prairie  
07/12/93 $100,000 Instant Millions Bachir Zaatari Rockford  
06/07/93 $100,000 Instant Millions Don Valerius Buffalo  
03/04/93 $100,000 Powerball Leroy Pollock Holdingford  
11/02/92 $100,000 Powerball The Edstroms Onamia  
09/17/92 $100,000 Powerball Dennis Petersen St. Cloud  
08/19/92 $953,783 Gopher 5 Mary Hedtke Belgrade  
05/04/92 $100,000 Powerball Thomas Mayers St. Cloud  
04/27/92 $100,000 Gopher 5 Albert Georges Eden Valley  
10/09/91 $130,663 Gopher 5 Cindy Barney Delano  
10/02/91 $285,565 Gopher 5 Patricia Cady Albany  
09/23/91 $180,573 Gopher 5 Robert Bohlken Long Prairie  

*Denotes one winning ticket split at winners' discretion.
**Denotes a prize split among multiple winning tickets.
This list includes all central Minnesota major prize winners since Lottery start-up in 1990.