Major Prize Winners: 2001 Metro

Date Amount
Game/Promotion
 Name Town
12/24/01
$50,000
MONOPOLY™
Bob Bolnick
Brooklyn Park
12/20/01
$100,000
Powerball
Franklin Warner
Apple Valley
12/12/01
$100,000
Powerball
Jo Ann Matters
Spring Lake Park
12/05/01
$100,000
Powerball
Tervor Velin
New Market
12/01/01
$29.4 million
Powerball
Jeff Holmberg
Richfield
11/26/01
$100,000
$100,000 Jackpot
Jack Halbert
Cottage Grove
11/20/01
$380,559
Gopher 5
Helen Mooney
Mendota Heights
11/20/01
$$77,777
Super Lucky 7s
Dody Vondall
Albertville
11/19/01
$50,000
Monopoly
Tim Donatell
North Branch
11/09/01
$50,000
Monopoly
Betty Gordon
New Brighton
11/03/01
$100,000
Powerball
Addie Swenson
Shakopee
10/26/01
$128,014
Gopher 5
Phyllis Schultz
Maplewood
10/22/01
$100,000
$100,000 Jackpot
Jeffrey Nelson
New Brighton
10/22/01
$77,777
Super Lucky 7s
Dominga Marin
Eagan
10/17/01
$100,000
Powerball
Al Galgano
Eden Prairie
10/04/01
$100,000
$100,000 Jackpot
Brian Nielson
Rosemount
09/26/01
$100,000
Powerball
Tom Heifort, Sr.
Ramsey
09/24/01
$100,000*
$100,000 Jackpot
Lynn Vee, Dean Vee
Coon Rapids
09/12/01
$100,000
Powerball
Salah Siyo
St. Louis Park
09/11/01
$424,959
Gopher 5
Dale Hansen
Minneapolis
08/30/01
$77,777
Super Lucky 7s
Kenneth Chesnut
Marine on St. Croix
08/25/01
$100,000
Powerball
Alan Childs, Jr.
Hastings
08/25/01
$100,000
Powerball
Barry Garnett
Richfield
08/25/01
$100,000
Powerball
Mark Ranum
Coon Rapids
08/25/01
$100,000*
Powerball
U.P. Eagan 8 Pool
Eagan
08/25/01
$100,000
Powerball
Cathy & Steve Bartholet
Eagan
08/25/01
$100,000
Powerball

Elizabeth "Betty" Fairbanks
Minneapolis
08/25/01
$100,000
Powerball
Jim Hiniker
Stillwater
08/25/01
$100,000
Powerball
Ken & Cindy Schwartz
Bloomington
08/25/01
$41.4 million** (cash)
Powerball
Sheryel Hanuman
Minneapolis
08/22/01
$100,000
Powerball
Darcy Therres
Blaine
08/21/01
$626,125*
Gopher 5
Bill Kulcsar Sr., Bill Kulcsar Jr.
Crystal, Minneapolis
08/20/01
$100,000
Powerball
Alice Cardenas
St. Paul
08/11/01
$100,000
Powerball
Daniel Schaub
Plymouth (purchased in Duluth)
08/08/01
$100,000
Powerball
Kai Yang
St. Paul
08/09/01
$100,000
High Stakes
John Gorski
Richfield
08/08/01
$77,777
Super Lucky 7s
Robert DiCasmirro
Burnsville
08/02/01
$100,000
High Stakes
Robert McCabe
Minneapolis
08/02/01
$77,777
Super Lucky 7s
Roland Beauto
New Brighton
07/13/01
$77,777
Super Lucky 7's
Roger Hanson
Hugo
07/11/01
$100,000
High Stakes
Lowell Brehm
White Bear Lake
06/27/01
$100,000
Powerball
Eric Hanson
Cambridge
06/22/01
$281,281
Gopher 5
Ronald Borowick
Bloomington
06/25/01
$37,347
Rolldown
Thomas Maas
Minneapolis
06/18/01
$100,000
High Stakes
Linda and Steve Rowley
Rosemount
05/08/01
$100,000
High Stakes
Cheryl Kirtman
Bethel
05/02/01
$100,000
Powerball
Ed Rippberger
Maple Grove
05/01/01
$50,000
Battleship®
Maria Magsalin
Minneapolis
04/18/01
$100,000
High Stakes
Rodney Wilke
St. Paul
04/11/01
$100,000
Powerball
Marrvin Jerdee
Minneapolis
04/11/01
$100,000
Powerball
Joe Angier
Minneapolis
04/03/01
$246,255
Gopher 5
Jim and Donna Reisner
Fridley
03/20/01
$100,000
High Stakes
Roger Olsen
Mound
03/16/01
$308,924**
Gopher 5
Arnie Popp, Jr.
Champlin
03/09/01
$308,924**
Gopher 5
Vincent Bongaarts
Edina
03/09/01
$308,924*,**
Gopher 5
Beverly Harden & Clark Thomason
St. Paul
02/14/01
$100,000
Powerball
Gary Stennett
Cottage Grove
02/14/01
$100,000
Powerball
David Exe
Greenfield
02/14/01
$100,000
High Stakes
Donald Murtagh
Eagan
02/12/01
$100,000
Powerball
Lee Juhl
Inver Grove Heights
02/08/01
$100,000
Powerball
Pat & Mindy Fitzgerald
Richfield
02/06/01
$564,633
Gopher 5
Brian & Donna Herian
Woodbury
02/03/01
$102,500
Powerball-The Game Show
Susan Dunlap
Minneapolis
01/09/01
$390,499
Gopher 5
John Krause
Blaine

*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 2001.