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Wisconsin Lottery

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337:(not to be confused with the current multi-state game by that name), which offered an annuitized prize of $ 1,000 per week for life (no cash option was available) with a first-prize win from a 99-ball pool; only four players won that game by its end in 1999. Neither WISN nor the Wisconsin Lottery network televised either game's drawings (held at 9:45pm) due to lack of popularity and their drawing time being during primetime. The 136:, was aired weekly on the Lottery's network of stations. Contestants won a chance to play the game (and $ 100) if a scratch ticket contained three "TV" symbols; if not chosen for the main game, would win at least $ 500 from a pool of money split between them and the other 54 players not chosen. Five contestants would play the game, consisting of four or five rounds where they would choose cash prizes hidden behind the letters 433:
All or Nothing is drawn twice daily. It draws 11 numbers from 1 through 22, with the top $ 100,000 prize being won by either matching all eleven numbers, or having none of the eleven drawn numbers; smaller prizes involve matching 1, 2, 3, 8, 9 or 10 numbers. Minimum play is $ 2, and the game launched
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machine instead. The stations which were part of the Lottery network continue to receive first priority to release the nightly numbers. The Mega Millions and Powerball drawings now can be aired by any Wisconsin station, although they usually televise the drawings only for large jackpots. Until 2014,
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gameboard, but with reversed play. Here, contestants hit a plunger to light up one of the word rows, then picked one letter in that word. The letter was turned over to reveal the prize, which in the last round was a maximum of $ 7,500; there were no letters with penalties where money was taken away.
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The winner of the main game went to the bonus round, where they spun a wheel which had alternating values of $ 25,000 and $ 50,000. During the show, new instant games were showcased, along with lottery news, and a second-chance drawing of losing mailed-in tickets (instant and online) was conducted.
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SuperCash! also is nightly. It began on February 4, 1991. SuperCash! draws 6 numbers 1 through 39 (previously from 1 through 36). Players get 2 sets of numbers for each $ 1 game they play. an even number of games must be played. The top prize is $ 350,000; initially, the top prize was $ 250,000.
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game program on Green Bay stations in the mid-to-late 1980s, which was in the form of a caller reading the numbers on the bottom of the screen, with the lighted number board on the top portion. Winners could redeem winning cards at the tribe's bingo hall. It has since established a full-service
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There have been two incarnations of this game, the first incarnation beginning August 10, 1989 and being replaced by Powerball on April 19, 1992 (which was the year Lotto*America had its final drawing), and the second and current incarnation beginning two months later on June 18, 1992.
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Wisconsin's Megabucks (once known as "Wisconsin's Very Own Megabucks" to distinguish itself from the "local" name of Lotto*America), is drawn Wednesdays and Saturdays. It draws 6 numbers 1 through 49. Players get 2 sets of numbers for each $ 1 game they play.
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were discontinued in late 2002, due to budget constraints and stations moving the show to lower-rated timeslots. The drawings were moved to Madison, where they are conducted around 9:30pm nightly at the Lottery's headquarters building using an
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in 1996. Mega Millions was expanded in 2010 to include Wisconsin. Its starting jackpot is $ 40 million. In 2018 the biggest jackpot was $ 1.537 billion. Mega Millions is drawn Tuesday and Friday nights. Plays are $ 2 each, or $ 3 with the
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also carried both drawings, as the channel is nearly universally available across the state of Wisconsin, though since then they have not been carried after the network's conversion to a general entertainment format.
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Badger 5 is drawn nightly. It draws 5 numbers from 1 through 31. Badger 5 jackpots begin at $ 10,000, increasing by at least $ 1,000 per drawing if not won. Games cost $ 1. Badger 5 began on February 17, 2003.
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On June 14, 2020, the Lottery began to draw Pick 3, Pick 4, and All or Nothing twice daily from Madison; the drawings occur at 1:30 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. CT daily, and are uploaded to the Lottery's
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in Milwaukee. All contestants (each could bring a guest 18 or older) living outside of the Milwaukee area received a two-night stay at the Grand Milwaukee Hotel (later the
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tried their luck at stores on the reservation. The main game offered by the Oneida Nation was Big Green, which began as a pick-6-of-36 jackpot game.
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releases from the Lottery on the mornings after the drawings, which also are published online, in newspapers throughout Wisconsin,
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Pick 3 is drawn twice daily. It began on September 21, 1992. Pick 3 draws three digits 0 through 9. Prizes and options vary.
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Pick 4 began on September 15, 1997 and is drawn twice daily. It draws a four-digit number in the style of Pick 3.
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in mid-2002, involving more contests with a smaller contestant pool, equivalent to a lower-cost version of the
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gaming casino, known as the Oneida Bingo & Casino, which includes hotel and conference facilities.
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sold the first "modern" lottery tickets in the state in the 1980s at their reservation near
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The Lottery television network consisted of the following stations from 1988 until 2002:
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game continues to this day; its play style is found in most U.S. lotteries.
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and was authorized in 1988 by the state legislature. It is a member of the
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The Lottery's nightly drawings, starting in 1991 with the introduction of
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Until 2003, a game show produced by the Wisconsin Lottery and
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The minimum age to buy Wisconsin Lottery tickets is 18.
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Index

State of Wisconsin
Wisconsin Department of Revenue
ABC
wilottery.com
Wisconsin Department of Revenue
Multi-State Lottery Association
Mega Millions
Powerball
Badger 5
scratch games
property tax
Hearst-Argyle Television
Wheel of Fortune
WISN-TV
Four Points Sheraton
Mitchell Field
Hoosier Lottery
Hoosier Millionaire
WISN
Milwaukee
WKOW
Madison
WBAY
Green Bay
WXOW
WQOW
La Crosse
Eau Claire
WAOW/WYOW
Wausau

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