INSIDE: Retailer of the Month, page 2 Millionaires, page 3 Holiday Short Term Incentive, page 4 Powerball Changes and New Packers Scratch Tickets, page 5 New scratch tickets, pages 6 & 7 Validating Tickets, page 8 Connection ® Ideas and information for our RETAILERS retailer.wilottery.com September 2015 Volume 16 Issue 9 Striking in the month of September! details on the bottom of page 7 Lieungh's on Lathrop 1933 Lathrop Ave. Racine, WI 53405 Dale and Andrea Lieungh are proud of what they have built up at Lieungh's on Lathrop! Quality store at a great location. Lieungh’s on Lathrop is located in the heart of Racine, a city surrounded by beautiful Lake Michigan and dozens of other inland lakes. Centrally located between Milwaukee and Chicago, Racine holds interests that everyone can enjoy, whether you are an outdoor enthusiast or an avid lover of shopping and culture. The city also bears the worldrenowned Frank Lloyd Wright architecture, which houses the administration offices of SC Johnson. Lieungh's has been in Racine since 1961, when it was known as the Sinclair Full Service Station. In 1982, Dale Lieungh took over the station from his father and renamed it Lieungh’s Auto Service & Uhaul. Today, Dale and his wife Andrea Lieungh run Lieungh’s on Lathrop with help from their store manager, Michelle. The owners are celebrating 15 years of business in their new and improved shop which was rebuilt in 2001. Today, the convenience store sells a lot of Lottery draw games and has 37 facings of instant scratch games! Crossword is the popular choice for their customers in Racine, with Badger 5 also selling well. So, whether it is a Sinclair or Citgo, you receive Lieungh's quality service and a friendly smile with every visit. Stop in at Lieungh's and make it your regular stomping ground! Sinclair Full Service Station, 1961 Racine is located in the far south-eastern part of the state, off Hwy 32. ® ® September 3 Jefferson Kwik Trip staff Alissa Riedl, John Deglow and Zach Freund are proud to have sold a winning ticket! Cardinal Service staff Brian Hirschinger (on left) and Mike Stoller (on right) proudly accept their winning ticket sign! It's been a great summer of big wins for our Lottery players. From the many $1,000 wins on the $1,000 Club ticket to the milionaires-we have them all! July brought us an Ultimate Millions win at the Jefferson Kwik Trip. The Fort Atkinson winner says she's been on a lucky streak with scratch tickets, which shows with a $1 Million win on July 21! August surprised us with both a Powerball and a Mega Millions $1 Million win! The Powerball ticket was sold at Poy Sippi Amoco and a Michigan man who was visiting family in WI, claimed the ticket on August 12. Cardinal Service in Hartland sold the winning Mega Millions ticket to the winner who claimed their Million on August 6. We were patiently waiting for the May 30, 2015, big Megabucks winner to come forward. A & I Service sold the winning $22.2 Million ticket and the winner claimed their win on August 7. Congratulations to these retailers for selling the winning tickets and earning great incentives! Poy Sippi Condon Amoco sold a winning $1,000,000 Powerball ticket. Manager Sue Missel and Assistant Manager John Langkau hold their new winning sign! A & I Service owner Akram Chaudry accepts their $100,000 incentive check for selling the winning Megabucks ticket! Count on Holiday Fun! ¨ To Participate in this incentive, Retailers must order one (1) pack of each of these holiday games by October 1, 2015: #560 $15 Countdown to Winnings #561 $10 Holiday Cash #562 $5 Merry Money *Earn $10 for each winning ticket of game #560 Countdown to Winnings, with a prize of $30 or more sold and redeemed from October 9 through Halloween. rs ile g eligible reta * Participatin *Earn $5 for each winning ticket of game #560 Countdown to Winnings, with a prize of $30 or more sold and redeemed from November 1 through Thanksgiving. Per administrative rule, the incentives for this program cannot exceed $300,000. For detailed features and procedures, contact the Retailer Hotline at 1.800.242.7782. Changes are coming! September 2015 5 Starts Sunday, October 4, 2015 Re-Introducing Powerball and Powerball with Power Play…… The following are highlights to the next game change: Change of Numbers • The game will change to a 5 of 69 + 1 of 26 game (from the current 5 of 59 + 1 of 35). This change is expected to increase Powerball jackpots. Overall Odds • Overall odds improve from 1:32 to 1:25. New updated brochures and playslips will be shipped to you! Prize Levels • All prize levels remain the same except that the Match 4+1 prize increases from $10,000 to $50,000 cash. Power Play Option • The Power Play option will change to include a 10X multiplier at starting jackpots and lower level jackpots. The other multipliers of 2X, 3X, 4X, and 5X are still available at all times, regardless of the jackpot amount. • For each Powerball drawing, a Power Play multiplier is drawn and used to multiply certain prizes: When the advertised annuity jackpot is less than or equal to the Major Jackpot Level, the multiplier will be 2X, 3X, 4X, 5X or 10X. When the advertised annuity jackpot is greater than the Major Jackpot Level, the multiplier will be either 2X, 3X, 4X or 5X. The Major Jackpot Level will never be less than $150 million. The Major Jackpot Level for each drawing, along with the possible multipliers, will be listed at wilottery.com. • As in the current Powerball with Power Play game: The Match 5+0 prize is not multiplied, but does change from $1 million cash to $2 million cash with the Power Play option for that play. The Power Play option does not increase JACKPOT prizes. Cost Stays the Same • Powerball is still $2 and Power Play is still an additional $1. Packers ticket launch at Lambeau Field! The Wisconsin Lottery has unveiled new Packers instant scratch tickets that give fans a chance to win tickets to two 2016 regular season home games at Lambeau Field. Three special scratch tickets featuring the Green Bay Packers: $1 Kickoff Cash, $3 Go Pack Go, and $5 Green Bay Packers are on sale now. 2015 Packers Bonus Drawing Grand Prize: •Winner will receive twenty-five (25) tickets for one (1) Legends Suite for two (2) 2016 Packers regular season home games at Lambeau Field. Package includes food, non-alcoholic beverages, and two (2) parking passes for each of the two home games. •Send in at least $5 worth of non-winning Wisconsin Lottery 2015 Packers instant scratch tickets to enter the Packers Bonus Drawing. •Entries must be received by March 9, 2016. Winners will be announced on March 16, 2016. Scratch-offs Odds are you’ll like ‘em #549 TOP PRIZE $10,000 Overall odds of winning: 1:4.1 Prize payout: 62.0% There is a Bonus Multiplier in this game! #489 TOP PRIZE $200 Overall odds of winning: 1:3.9 Prize payout: 59.0% Tic Tac Toe play style! #556 TOP PRIZE $15,000 Overall odds of winning: 1:3.8 Prize payout: 62.0% Get a "CRESCENT MOON" symbol in the BONUS AREA to win $20 instantly! Visit retailer.wilottery.com for information on ticket launches. #542 TOP PRIZE $20,000 Overall odds of winning: 1:3.7 Prize payout: 63.0% BONUS BIG FOOT feature! #547 TOP PRIZE $50,000 ® Overall odds of winning: 1:4.0 Prize payout: 64.5% TWO ways to play! Two ways to win in each hand! September 2015 7 Ask your Lottery Telemarketer for the most current launch dates #552 TOP PRIZE $100,000 Overall odds of winning: 1:3.2 Prize payout: 70.0% Includes a SUPER-GRID, MINI- GRID and BONUS WORD puzzle! #540 TOP PRIZE $1,000,000 Overall odds of winning: 1:3.2 Prize payout: 75.0% THREE top prizes of $1,000,000! Lightning Ball Strikes Badger 5 this month! During the month of September, some Badger 5 plays will be struck by Lightning! In addition to the usual five numbers, an extra number will be printed on one in every three plays statewide. That number is called the "Lightning Ball" and, when it strikes, players can use it to match the winning numbers. You can win by matching at least two of your numbers or just one number and the Lightning Ball to the numbers drawn. All Lightning Balls are quick picks and will never match the other five numbers played. It counts for any drawings in which that same play is entered. The Lighting Ball feature cannot be used to win the jackpot. Players who match four of their five numbers and the Lightning Ball win $50; matching the Lightning Ball does not increase this prize to the jackpot prize. Odds of a play getting a Lightning Ball, 1:3. Plays matching 4 of 5+LB will win $50. HOW TO WIN: Odds for plays with a Lightning Ball: MatchWin Odds 5 of 5 JACKPOT 1:169,91 4 of 5+LB 4 of 5 $50 1:448 3 of 5+LB 3 of 5 2 of 5+LB $2 1:29 2 of 5 1 of 5+LB $1 1:5 Wisconsin Lottery 2135 Rimrock Rd. P.O. Box 8941 Madison, WI 53708-8941 PRSRT STD U.S. POSTAGE PAID Madison, WI Permit No. 1369 A Refresher on Validating Tickets The Wisconsin Lottery's cross-validation allows for players to cash winning tickets at any lottery retail location regardless of where the tickets were purchased. Any retailer may cash and receive credit for prizes up to $599.00. If your location has a cashing policy or limit, please post the policy in a prominent location. How to cash winning tickets $100 or greater. Your Lottery Terminal will take the guesswork out of whether a ticket is a winner. You can cash tickets from ANY retailer up to $599. • If the ticket has a prize over $100, a Confirmation Screen will display • Touch SEND to validate the ticket or touch CANCEL to stop the transaction To manually enter the ticket number: • Enter all of the numbers on the back of the ticket • Enter the numbers on the front of the ticket except the boxed numbers • Enter the three boxed digits • Touch EXIT to complete Go to retailer.wilottery.com for more information on cashing tickets. September 2015 Volume 16 Issue 9 ® Connection is a monthly publication of the Wisconsin Lottery. Connection is a monthly publication of the Wisconsin Lottery. Kami Blatter, graphic designer Retail Relations, editors ®®