For Immediate Release: Friday, July 8, 2005
For More Information: Mike Mueller, 773-5770
Pierre woman claims $62,197 Dakota Cash jackpot
(Pierre) – Gaytha Ten Eyck of Pierre is the state’s latest Dakota Cash
jackpot winner. She claimed her $62,197 prize for the July 6th
drawing at the Pierre Lottery office earlier today.
Ten Eyck stopped at a grocery store this morning to have her ticket
checked, not knowing she held the winning ticket.
“It’s fun sharing the news with people who are excited about it,” Ten
Eyck said. The former kindergarten teacher said she plans to share her
prize with her family and contribute to family college funds.
Ten Eyck purchased her ticket at the Cowboy Country Store #2 on North
Euclid Avenue in Pierre. “I stopped there to buy tickets because I had a
feeling. It’s a new store. I figured that they needed the business.”
The store, which has been selling lottery tickets for only three
weeks, will receive a $3,109 bonus for selling the winning ticket.
“It’s amazing,” store manager Jody Carter said. “We just opened and
boom, we have a winner!”
Ten Eyck is the 94th winner of the Dakota Cash jackpot. The lotto game
is played only in South Dakota. The odds of winning the jackpot are
1:324,632.
