$1 Million top prize for Magnificent Millions scratch game claimed Monday
MADISON, Wis. – An Oak Creek man claimed the $1 Million top prize for the Magnificent Millions scratch game Monday in Madison.
Brian Duff purchased his $30 ticket at Gary’s Beer and Liquor (9555 S. Howell Ave.) in Oak Creek. At his claim, Duff told Lottery officials that he purchased the ticket on a day off of work. He found out that he had won when he scanned the ticket and a message appeared instructing him to claim at Lottery.
After working two jobs and being awake for nearly 24 hours, Duff came to Madison to claim the prize. He emotionally told Lottery officials that he planned to use the money to help his mother.
The win marked the final top prize claim for the game, which means no additional stock will be supplied to retailers, who may elect to continue to sell their remaining stock or return it to the Lottery. Game end for Magnificent Millions will be July 13, starting a 180-day prize claim period.
Odds of winning one of the two $1,000,000 Magnificent Millions top prizes is 1 in 160,000.
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The Wisconsin Lottery enriches communities statewide by giving back 93 percent of its revenue to winners, retailers, and Wisconsin homeowners. Of each dollar spent on the Wisconsin Lottery, 57 cents goes back to prizes, 30 cents to property tax credits, seven cents to operations and six cents to retailers. Since 1988, the Wisconsin Lottery generated:
- More than $14.5 billion in total revenue
- Over $8.2 billion in prizes paid
- More than $4.3 billion in funding for property tax credits to eligible Wisconsin homeowners
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