For immediate release: Thursday, February 8, 2007
Contact: Mike Mueller, 773-5770
Watertown Couple Claims Dakota Cash Jackpot
(Pierre) – Richard Dunn
of Watertown is the winner of the $181,657 Dakota Cash jackpot. Dunn and
his wife Liz today claimed the sizeable prize they’d won Wednesday night.
“This is just about the
right amount,” Dunn said. “I don’t know what I’d do with millions. This
will set us up for down the road a ways.”
Dunn works evenings at
the Redlin Art Center and nights at Lake
Area Technical Institute. He said his wife Liz called him at work Thursday
when she heard the winning ticket was sold in Watertown.
He checked the winning
numbers in the newspaper at work, but the ticket was still tucked in the
visor of his truck. “I realized I had a couple of the numbers,” Dunn said.
“Finally, I couldn’t stand it, so I went out to the truck and got the
ticket. I thought ‘Holy mackerel. This could be good.’”
The numbers on the
ticket matched those in the newspaper. “I’m sure there’s quite the sight on
the security camera tape,” Dunn said. “I hollered and jumped.”
The Dunns drove this
morning to the Sioux Falls Lottery office to claim the prize, but not before
rechecking the ticket. “I bet we looked at that ticket one hundred times.”
Richard said.
The winning ticket was
purchased at the Cowboy Country Store on 9th Avenue in
Watertown. The store will receive a $5,000 bonus for selling the winning
“quick pick” ticket.
Dakota Cash is played
only in South Dakota. The odds of winning the jackpot are 1:324,632. The
jackpot for Saturday night is $20,000.
