Major Prize Winners: Southeast

Date Prize Game/PromotionName Town
01/30/12 $27,000 Northstar Cash Margot Trowbridge Rochester
01/01/12 $1,000,000 Minnesota Millionaire Raffle Judith Peterson and Jeffrey Hellman Owatonna
12/22/11 $100,000 Holiday Spectacular Rebecca Breitung Pepin, Wi. (Ticket purchased in Winona)
12/09/11 $50,000 Win for Life Game Book Kim Reak & Eileen Segna Montgomery
11/30/11 $50,000 Triple 777 John Brennan North Mankato
11/14/11 $27,000 Northstar Cash John Staska II Owatonna
11/11/11 $25,000 Northstar Cash Mary Frank Rochester
11/11/11 $99,271 Progressive Print-N-Play $3 Bingo James Haugerud Harmony
09/13/11 $13,000 Northstar Cash (1 of 2 winning tickets to split the $26,000 jackpot) Gary Lilya Dodge Center
09/05/11 $35,971 Northstar Cash Jennifer Raulerson Byron
08/30/11 $250,000 Mega Millions Uyen Tran Rochester
08/18/11 $100,000 Fire & Ice 5s Patricia McCabe Caledonia
08/12/11 $77,777 Lucky Red 7s David Limberg La Crosse, WI (ticket sold in La Crescent)
08/08/11 $250,000 Quarter Million Cash Kevin Dinneen New Richland
08/05/11 $200,000 $200,000 Pure Gold Earl Parriott New Richland
06/24/11 $200,000 Money Multiplier Donna Gaul Owatonna
04/27/11 $28,000 Northstar Cash Robert Scheel Wabasha
04/26/11 $200,000 $200,000 Money Mania David Issel Mantorville
04/22/11 $100,000 $100,000 Minnesota Hold 'Em Cody Fairey Dakota
04/04/11 $50,000 Win For Life Game Book Traci Kaase Rochester
04/01/11 $150,000 Gopher 5 Linda Nicol Austin
03/29/11 $100,000 $100,000 Minnesota Hold 'Em Tove Jorgensen Stewartville
03/21/11 $50,000 Win For Life Tom Hanson Faribault
03/11/11 $100,000 Diamond Crossword Doubler Kenneth Owen Pine Island
03/07/11 $300,000 Vegas Game Book Terry Hrdlicka, Nanette Hrdlicka, Allen Hrdlicka and Nancy Hrdlicka Mankato
02/25/11 $50,000 $200,000 Wild Cherries Darlene Cooper Rochester
02/22/11 $100,000 Diamond Crossword Doubler Bill Barron Waterville
02/18/11 $76,038 Northstar Cash Daniel Frank Northfield
02/05/11 $50,000 Powerball with Power Play Lyle Johnson Brookings, S.D. (ticket sold in Mankato)
01/16/11 $147,605 Northstar Cash Brad & Dianna Bolinger Lyle
01/01/11 $100,000 Minnesota Millionaire Raffle  Keith Shones Millville
01/01/11 $100,000 Minnesota Millionaire Raffle Chris Voeltz St. Peter
12/12/10 $38,801 Northstar Cash James Hanson Albert Lea
11/29/10 $200,000 Wild Cherry Slots Brad Rand Rochester
11/29/10 $200,000 $200,000 Monopoly Michael O'Connor Elkton
11/27/10 $55,639 Northstar Cash Patti Wallace Rochester
10/21/10 $100,000 Buck$ and Duck$ Neal Turner Kasson
10/11/10 $100,000 Buck$ and Duck$ Scott Melzer Madelia
09/26/10 $25,000 Northstar Cash Anael Valle Hernandez Austin
08/24/10 $50,000 $500,000 Mega Bucks Jackpot Joseph Pryor LaCrosse, Wi (ticket sold in LaCrescent) 
08/20/10 $18,992 Northstar Cash (1 of 2 winning tickets to claim the $37,984 jackpot) Bryan Grant Veseli
08/03/10 $200,000 Minnesota Vikings Mike Yahnke Winona
07/13/10 $200,000 Go For The Green Craig Bair Minnesota Lake
06/25/10 $100,000 Wild Cherry Pat Lang Sleepy Eye
06/14/10 $200,000 $200,000 Platinum Payout James Drewitz, Michael Drewitz & Terry Drewitz Faribault, Shakopee & Owatonna
04/20/10 $250,000 Mega Millions Michelle Wolfe Ellendale
04/20/10 $100,000 Large Mouth Cash Duane Charnecki Austin
04/10/10 $200,000 Powerball Byron Olney, Christopher Olney, James Olney & Elizabeth Olney-Arms Rochester, Minneapolis, Minneapolis and Minneapolis
04/07/10 $77,777 Sizzlin' 7s Jacki Butler Medford
01/29/10 $100,000 Money Tree Marilyn Kennedy Caledonia
01/04/10 $100,000 Season Treasures Brad Stout Austin
12/21/09 $100,000 Money Tree Roy Washa Montgomery
06/30/09 $100,000 $100,000 Treasure Hunt Fontaine Horton Hephzipbah, Georgia (Ticket purchased in Rochester)
06/03/09 $200,000 Powerball Mary Trent Rochester
05/19/09 $100,000 Funky 5s Steven Blank Winona
05/13/09 $200,000 Powerball Jean Chavez Austin
04/28/09 $100,000 Break the Bank Greg Winkels Rochester
04/21/09 $100,000 Minnesota Twins(TM) Scratch Game Kerry Bien Goodhue
04/20/09 $185,664 Gopher 5 Lawrence Devlin Spooner, Wisconsin (Ticket purchased in Winona)
04/06/09 $77,777 Red Hot Cherry 7s Timothy Davis Lake City
03/07/09 $25,000 Northstar Cash Eng Ng Rochester
03/03/09 $77,777 Red Hot Cherry 7s Martin Beil Mapleton
02/19/09 2010 Chevrolet Camaro 2SS Powerball Camaro second-chance promo Peter Ward Rochester
02/04/09 $100,000 Holiday Slots David Gorick Waseca
01/27/09 $100,000 Big Bucks Martha Adler Rochester
01/26/09 $77,777 Red Hot Cherry 7s Doug Olson Owatonna
01/19/09 $110,000 Gopher 5 Laura Strickland Rochester
12/30/08 $500,000 $500,000 Fortune Arden Fossum Mabel
12/17/08 $100,000 Break the Bank Julie Dahlstrom Red Wing
12/07/08 $36,893 Northstar Cash Karen Whitted Rochester
12/05/08 $100,000 Holiday Slots Steven Sukalski Fairmont
10/29/08 $100,000 Money Roll Craig Schuchard Lonsdale
10/28/08 $73,405 Northstar Cash Nancy Jeppesen Blue Earth
08/30/08 $118,996 ($59,498 each) Northstar Cash Amy Dillon & Mary Dupay Faribault
08/25/08 $200,000 $200,000 Extreme Cash Mel Ott Winona
07/21/08 $100,000 Minnesota Hold-Em Championship Poker Larry Dahle Morristown
05/17/08 $200,000 Powerball David McNamara Cannon Falls
05/03/08 $180.1 Million Powerball Paul Rosenau Waseca
04/29/08 $100,000 Hook, Lund and Sinker Kenneth Larson Eyota
04/15/08 $100,000 Cash Explosion Daryl Hagberg New Ulm
04/02/08 $500,000 $500,000 Spectacular Jeff Root Waseca
03/27/08 $49,089 Northstar Cash Michael Weiss New Market
01/12/08 $25,000 Northstar Cash Greg Klees Rochester
01/11/08 $29,474 Northstar Cash Elaine Koester Albert Lea
11/21/07 $4,466,224 Hot Lotto Jerome Cody Red Wing
09/15/07 $50,000 Powerball with Power Play Keith Locati Rochester
08/13/07 $12,500** Northstar Cash Loren Porter Albert Lea
08/08/07 $100,000 Minnesota Twins Scratch Game Thomas Haugland Austin
07/25/07 $77,777 Magnificent 7s Mike Belter Brownsdale
06/23/07 $200,000 Powerball Brett George Medford
06/09/07 $200,000 Powerball Kathleen Black & Jason Freeberg Mankato
03/16/07 $47,845 Northstar Cash Steve Kaiser Waseca
02/15/07 $77,777 Super! Sapphire Blue 7s Richard McGee Lake City
01/29/07 $60,834 Northstar Cash Judith Krueger Wabasha
01/23/07 $120,000 Gopher 5 Greg Bearden Zumbro Falls
01/16/07 $200,000 $200,000 Gold Rush Brenda Johnson Chatfield
12/04/06 $5,000/Year for Life Holiday for Life Sarah Arens Albert Lea
09/18/06 $26,000 Northstar Cash Marilyn Warner Medford
09/14/06 $92,043 Northstar Cash Ron Otto Mankato
08/29/06 $28,000 Northstar Cash Merlin Ring Wanamingo
08/03/06 $110,003 Northstar Cash Carole Harlow Mapleton
07/26/06 $200,000 Powerball Bruce Wold Kenyon
07/19/06 $200,000 Powerball Larry Vieths Goodhue
06/20/06 $200,000 $200,000 Players Club Mark Murphy La Crescent
06/06/06 $36,826 Northstar Cash Ricky Johnson Morristown
05/23/06 $105,950 Northstar Cash Mark Croswell North Mankato
05/02/06 $1,414,045 Gopher 5 Robert Allred Winona
05/01/06 $77,777 Super Emerald Green 7s Dorothy Helgeson Mabel
04/26/06 $200,000 Hot Streak! Stan Stanton Owatonna
04/19/06 $100,000 Minnesota Hold 'Em Wes Mills Rochester
04/12/06 $103,155 Northstar Cash Mike Morrissey Faribault
04/07/06 $77,777 Lightning 7s Tom Downey Austin
03/27/06 $100,000 Minnesota Hold 'Em Shawn Groeneweg Clarks Grove
03/15/06 $200,000 $200,000 Showdown Lisa Horman Winona
03/07/06 $200,000 $200,000 Showdown Alan Nielsen Albert Lea
01/23/06 $100,000 Candy Cane Cash Lois Mikkelson Austin
12/14/05 $200,000 Powerball Darrell Watkins New Prague
11/30/05 $200,000 Powerball Jerold Broderick Faribault
11/04/05 $31,522 Northstar Cash Kathryn Cossette* Rochester
11/01/05 $177,777 Lightning 7s Kenneth Harcey Lake City
10/19/05 $853,492 Powerball Club 62 (pool)* Montgomery
10/17/05 $100,000 Minnesota Hold 'Em Cody Weidler Forest City, IA
(purchased in Houston)
10/08/05 $109,277 Northstar Cash Nicole Pesek Cannon Falls
09/20/05 $30,000 Northstar Cash Marilyn Anderson Austin
09/12/05 $35,935 Northstar Cash Lawrence Buckmister Mankato
09/04/05 $100,000 Royal Cards Linda Palen Rochester
07/25/05 $100,000 Minnesota Hold ’Em Robert Bruns St. Peter
06/20/05 $200,000 10 Times the Luck Robert Abbe Owatonna
06/15/05 $100,000 High Roller Crossword Suzann Wojszynski Albert Lea
05/02/05 $100,000 $100,000 Payday Russell Luns Austin
04/15/05 $106,448 Northstar Cash Deloris “Dee” Emery Albert Lea
03/30/05 $100,000 Powerball Michele Pierce Caledonia
02/02/05 $100,000 $100,000 Payday Terry Brusse Spring Valley
01/19/05 $100,000 Powerball Dale Seeley Red Wing
12/10/04 $100,000 Powerball Patrick Cartney Le Roy
12/08/04 $100,000 Powerball Kristin Hames Rochester
11/22/04 $100,000 Super Crossword Tony Juaire Faribault
11/10/04 $100,000 Powerball Sherri & Donavin Sorenson Faribault
10/30/04 $100,000 Powerball Joshua, Christopher & Lucas Passe Kellogg
10/25/05 $27,000 Northstar Cash MarySue Dowd Albert Lea
10/25/04 $200,000 Viva Las Vegas Gwendolyn Bluhm Faribault
10/05/04 $25,000 Northstar Cash Richard Schumacher Austin
09/29/04 $100,000 Powerball John & Sandi Rice Faribault
09/15/04 $10.8 Million Hot Lotto Mary & Bob Mikkelson Holmen, WI (purchased
in LaCrescent)
09/10/04 $165,595 Gopher 5 Virginia Hanson Albert Lea
06/29/04 $100,000 Cash Blast Abel Cordova Owatonna
04/29/04 $30,000 Northstar Cash Kathleen Kennebeck Wabasha
02/24/04 $50,000 Northland Celebration Graham Luck Rochester
02/13/04 $100,000 Cash Blast Julie Emmans & Shawn Terpstra Owatonna
02/07/04 $100,000 Powerball Joy Quick LaCrescent
12/24/03 $100,000 Powerball Frank Tiemann Madison Lake
11/18/03 Football Trip Powerball Sunday Lori Clemens Eyota
11/12/03 $100,000 Powerball Robert Thompson Littleton, Colo
10/21/03 $31,000 Northstar Cash David Nash Dennison
09/19/03 $100,000 High Stakes Connie Haugen Lonsdale
08/30/03 $100,000 Powerball Marie Gilles Welch
09/04/03 Ford Ranger Trucks 'N' Bucks
(2nd chance drawing)		 Betty Gilmore Waterville
07/09/03 $100,000 Powerball Stephen Gardner Willmar (purchased
in Grand Meadow)
06/13/03 $100,000 $100,000 Take Todd Lexvold Wanamingo
05/12/03 Ford Ranger Trucks 'N' Bucks Dennis Kanz Rochester
04/12/03 $100,000 Powerball Cynthia Grassman Tomah, WI
03/24/03 Ford Ranger Trucks 'N' Bucks David Hawkins Waseca
03/24/03 $100,000 Casino Royale Todd Jacobson Stewartville
03/21/03 $120,000 Gopher 5 Keith Applequist Rochester
03/19/03 $100,000 Powerball Terrie Root Hayfield
02/22/03 $100,000 Powerball James Underdahl Cannon Falls
01/29/03 $100,000 Jingle Bucks Candace "Candy" Closner Pine Island
01/03/03 $223,843 Gopher 5 Eugene Struck North Mankato
12/21/02 $100,000 Powerball Robert and Dorothy Nelson Hayfield
08/14/02 $100,000 Powerball Gerry Smisek Lonsdale
08/26/02 $50,000 Explore Minnesota Jeff Dohrmann Pine Island
08/18/02 $100,000 Vegas Vegas Will Burke St. Charles
07/31/02 $100,000 Vegas Vegas Dave Johnson Chatfield
06/15/02 $100,000 Powerball Helen Mau Carmel, IN
06/08/02 $100,000 Powerball Harry Carlsen Kenyon
05/24/02 $223,553 Gopher 5 Gerald Dehn Mankato
05/07/02 $478,397 Gopher 5 Dale Mehrkens Red Wing
04/09/02 $336,069 Gopher 5 Earl Johnson Cannon Falls
04/03/02 $100,000 Powerball Frank and Gladys Simmonds Rochester
03/07/02 $100,000 High 5s Debra Toft Albert Lea
01/22/02 $361,890 Gopher 5 Kevin Hofschulte Plainview
01/19/02 $100,000 Powerball Clifton Connelly, Mark Connelly
& Lauren Haglund		 Byron, Byron
& Zumbro Falls
11/27/01 $50,000 Monopoly Robert Nelson, Jr. Rochester
11/21/01 $50,000 Monopoly Pamela Buxton Austin
11/19/01 $77,777 Super Lucky 7s Jody Fenlason Owatonna
10/16/01 $751,915 Gopher 5 Mark Theros Racine
08/07/01 $100,000 Powerball Scott Boynton St. Charles
06/27/01 $100,000 Powerball Alpha Wangsness Clarks Grove
06/12/01 $50,000 Battleship®
Scratch Game		 Donna Bloom Rochester
04/20/01 $238,684 Gopher 5 The Lucky 6 (pool)* Faribault
02/17/01 $100,000 Powerball Ron Cichanowski Minnesota City
02/14/01 $100,000 Powerball Vance and Charlene Losey Spring Valley
02/14/01 $100,000 Powerball Thomas Halder Lake City
01/08/01 $100,000 Casino Nights April Harden St. Peter
12/27/00 $106,861 Gopher 5 Terry Jarvis** Vernon Center
11/29/00 $100,000 Powerball Katherine and Kenneth Edstrom Pine Island
11/29/00 $100,000 Powerball Lawrence Reynolds Eyota
11/17/00 $289,619 Gopher 5 Vaughn & Therese Bien Goodhue
10/17/00 $100,000 Casino Nights Dennis Huffman Austin
09/29/00 $393,099 Gopher 5 Harvey Wilkins Rochester
05/30/00 $100,000 Casino Buffet Martha King Clarks Grove
05/12/00 $100,000 Gopher 5 Michael Trihus Blooming Prairie
03/04/00 $50 Million Powerball Keith and Carol Goergen Elgin
03/01/00 $100,000 Powerball The SMU Crew (pool)* Winona
02/28/00 $100,000 Powerball Patricia Spitzack-Havlish Rochester
02/22/00 $100,000 Casino Buffet Hazel Booth Rochester
11/29/99 $100,000 Powerball Carey Roemhildt Le Center
09/28/99 $100,000 Powerball Jennifer Langdon Cannon Falls
08/24/99 $100,000 Viva Las Vegas Fred Fintel Northfield
08/18/99 $124,305 Gopher 5 Beverly Fields Wabasha
04/30/99 $100,000 Casino Royale Suzanne St. Jacque Hokah
04/27/99 $100,000 Powerball Cheng Yang Rochester
04/08/99 $100,000 Casino Royale Jeanne Holst Goodhue
09/30/98 $168,873 Gopher 5 Duane & Valleen Erickson Lake Crystal
08/20/98 $100,000 High Stakes Bob Sutherland Le Roy
06/08/98 $50,000 Cash4Life Charlie Evers North Mankato
05/29/98 $50,000 Cash4Life Rich Soukup Faribault
04/20/98 $100,000 Monte Carlo David Reinhart Rochester
03/25/98 $14.9 Million Powerball Ralph & Darlene Collier Montgomery
03/05/98 $100,000 Monte Carlo Tami Jo Staven & Khanh Tran Rochester
02/26/98 $100,000 Powerball Donald & Colette Leth Kasson
12/05/97 $100,000 Powerball Scott & Lisa Kilness Medford
09/26/97 $100,000 Night on the Town Wade Schulz Rochester
09/22/97 $100,000 Powerball Meeah Holzwarth Brownsville
06/19/97 $100,000 Powerball Leonard & Sally Lindsey Albert Lea
02/13/97 $1,000/mo. Win for Life The Daleys Lewiston
01/31/97 $100,000 Powerball Gerald O'Hanlon Eyota
01/16/97 $100,000 Powerball Mary Kaplan Owatonna
01/02/97 $335,077 Gopher 5 The Mickelsons North Mankato
11/01/96 $100,000 Gopher 5 Susan Lamont Blue Earth
10/17/96 $100,000 Gopher 5 Lorraine Balas Rochester
09/13/96 $100,000 Powerball Barb Daly Rochester
08/23/96 $100,000 Powerball Leon Mullerliele Waseca
06/17/96 $397,720 Gopher 5 Jessica Rezac** Faribault
05/23/96 $100,005 Powerball Ronald Alston Rochester
05/18/96 $9.5 Million Powerball Carl Imhof Pine Island
05/13/96 $279,573 Gopher 5 Tom Prchal** Montgomery
05/06/96 $1,000/mo. Win for Life Debra Pflaum Northfield
01/31/96 $171,210 Gopher 5 Vern Schiller** Elmore
01/05/96 $100,000 High Stakes Patrick Smith Waseca
11/28/95 $100,000 Powerball Lyle Klaassen Oronoco
08/30/95 $615,577 Gopher 5 T. Henwood Sr. Northfield
07/07/95 $100,000 Powerball The Jennings Spring Grove
06/28/95 $100,000 Super Slots John West Northfield
11/03/94 $100,000 Powerball R. McAlister Austin
09/13/94 $100,000 Gopher 5 Grove Brown Waseca
04/27/94 $100,000 Powerball Pamela Shulze Rochester
04/22/94 $100,000 Powerball Delores Loe Albert Lea
02/28/94 $100,000 Powerball Roland Hanson Blooming Prairie
02/02/94 $100,000 Super Slots Thomas Haley Madison Lake
01/04/94 $181,546 Gopher 5 W. Warrington Medford
12/30/93 $100,000 Powerball Mary Sands Winona
12/30/93 $100,000 Powerball R. Rauen Stewartville
12/28/93 $111,662 Gopher 5 Ralph Leonard Lake Crystal
11/15/93 $100,000 Powerball Gene Griffith Owatonna
10/20/93 $100,000 Powerball J. Brewers Montgomery
09/03/93 $100,000 Powerball Grant Heslep Owatonna
07/26/93 $100,000 Powerball E. Vanderhyde Kasson
07/06/93 $100,000 Powerball Rodney Lewis Rochester
03/22/93 $270,693 Gopher 5 K. Renslow Austin
03/11/93 $100,000 Powerball K. Gunnarson Kenyon
11/23/92 $100,000 Powerball Frank Perrett Wanamingo
08/31/92 $100,000 Gopher 5 Eveline Wiczek Winona
06/22/92 $162,717 Gopher 5 Ronald Schultz Rochester
05/07/92 $100,000 Powerball Steven Cedar Red Wing
04/22/92 $116,935 Gopher 5 E. Jasinski Faribault
04/06/92 $100,000 Gopher 5 G. Lechelt Pine Island
03/30/92 $134,398 Gopher 5 D. Huonder Le Center
11/06/91 $100,000 Gopher 5 Velda Musolf Kasson
08/21/91 $475,357 Gopher 5 Richard Stern Austin

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