Major Prize Winners: 1999 Metro

Date Amount Game/Promotion Name Town
12/10/99 $250,000 The Golden Ticket Games Thomas Ward Anoka
11/30/99 $178,427 Gopher 5 Joyce Merkley St. Paul
11/24/99 $100,000 Powerball Dave, Andrea and Christina Caliguire  Lake Elmo, St. Paul
11/23/99 $407,523 Gopher 5 Thai Thao St. Paul
11/20/99 $100,000 Powerball Donald Kopelke Oakdale
11/08/99 $250,000 The Golden Ticket Games Rich Olson Coon Rapids
11/02/99 $250,000 The Golden Ticket Games Dean Simonsmeier Ramsey
11/01/99 $61,100,000 Powerball John and Sandra Wynne Oakdale
11/01/99 $100,000 Viva Las Vegas Bret and Shannon Bockwitz Ham Lake
11/01/99 $100,000 Powerball Ginneen Barber Brooklyn Center
10/28/99 $250,000 The Golden Ticket Games  Gregory Kapala Circle Pines
10/25/99 $329,962 Gopher 5 Samuel Garbow Coon Rapids
10/11/99 $100,000 Viva Las Vegas Daniel Drager Bloomington
10/04/99 $100,000 Gopher 5 Donald Banham Sr. Eagan
09/29/99 $1,103,795 Gopher 5 Pool* Savage
09/24/99 $100,000 Powerball Julia Schmidt Anoka
09/20/99 $100,000 Viva Las Vegas Wayne Newport Apple Valley
09/08/99 $100,000 Viva Las Vegas Jay Lillion Northfield
09/08/99 $100,000 Viva Las Vegas Thomas Scheunemann Mission, TX
08/10/99 $100,000 Viva Las Vegas Ella Lewis St. Paul
08/04/99 $100,000 Powerball John McGrath St. Paul
08/02/99 $100,000 Casino Royale Mary Bergstrom White Bear Lake
07/27/99 $100,000 Gopher 5 Greg Stumm Chaska
07/21/99 $306,042 Gopher 5 Patricia Kern Golden Valley
07/07/99 $100,000 Powerball Paul and Cindy Moe Stillwater
07/06/99 $100,000 Powerball John Gagnon Brooklyn Center
07/02/99 $100,000 Powerball Emma In Eagan
07/02/99 $100,000 Powerball David Fiedler Brooklyn Center
07/01/99 $100,000 Powerball Sunny Yang St. Paul
06/28/99 $100,000 Casino Royale Sandy Johnston Coon Rapids
06/28/99 $100,000 Powerball Tool Products Pool* New Hope
06/21/99 $100,000 Powerball Carlyle Pierre St. Paul
06/17/99 $100,000 Powerball Christine Wakefield Woodbury
06/10/99 $1,000/wk for Life  Cash4Life Margaret Krawczyk White Bear Lake
06/09/99 $174,392 Gopher 5 Peg and Dennis Cokley St. Paul
06/02/99 $100,000 Casino Royale Mark Manion Eagan
05/24/99 $100,000 Powerball Wayne Flygare Brooklyn Park
05/20/99 $100,000 Casino Royale Michael Powers Mendota Heights
05/06/99 $284,035** Gopher 5 Linda and James Worthington Oakdale
05/05/99 $284,035** Gopher 5 Hennepin County Employees Pool Minneapolis
05/05/99 $284,035** Gopher 5 Pat Ledman Cottage Grove
05/05/99 $100,000 Casino Royale Michael Burg Burnsville
04/29/99 $100,000 Casino Royale Jim Williams Minneapolis
04/26/99 $100,000 Casino Royale Gary Glenn Forest Lake
03/29/99 $120,000 Gopher 5 Everett Gallimore St. Paul
03/25/99 $100,000 Powerball Edward Hudella North Branch
03/19/99 $174,731 Gopher 5 Sheryl Blaisdell* Mayer
03/04/99 $120,000 Gopher 5 Joan Henk St. Paul
03/03/99 $100,000 Casino Royale Ronald Fowler Crystal
02/16/99 $100,000 High Stakes Carol Roth Roseville
02/04/99 $100,000 Gopher 5 Celest & Josephine Kam Fridley
02/02/99 $100,000 High Stakes Tiffany Jordan Minneapolis
01/27/99 $722,726 Gopher 5 Jerry Peterson Prior Lake
01/27/99 $100,000 High Stakes Roger Olsen Mound
01/21/99    $100,000 Powerball Viking Materials Pool* Minneapolis

*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 1999.