South Dakota Lottery
For Immediate Release: Sunday, May 11, 2008
Contact: Mike Mueller, 605-773-5770

$350,652 Dakota Cash Jackpot Won

(Pierre) – A single ticket matched all five numbers in Saturday night’s Dakota Cash lotto game drawing to win the $350,652 jackpot. The winning ticket was sold in Sioux Falls.

The winning numbers for the May 10th Dakota Cash drawing are: 06, 14, 18, 27, and 31.

Lottery director Norm Lingle said the ticket holder should sign the back of the ticket immediately, put it in a safe place, and contact the Lottery office in Sioux Falls (605-367-5840) or Pierre (605-773-5770) to make arrangements to validate the ticket and claim the prize.

The winner has 180 days to claim the prize.

The Dakota Cash jackpot was last won on November 14, 2007. After growing for six months, the $350,652 jackpot won Saturday night is the second largest in the game’s fifteen year history.

The Dakota Cash game began April 12, 1993. Its record jackpot of $460,469 was won November 23, 1994 by Carla Paulson of Ft. Pierre.

Dakota Cash is played only in South Dakota. The odds of winning the jackpot are 1:324,632. The jackpot starts again at $20,000 for the next drawing on Wednesday night.

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