VOL. 34 NO. 4 • The Big Spin - Round 3 • Motherload Winner • Baby Chickens in Ririe • Scratch For Schools • It’s a “Rich Day”! • Scratch Sneak Peek
THE BIG SPIN ROUND 3
The most popular Idaho Lottery Scratch Game in the past year is back for a third edition in early April and the Big Spin is really living up to it’s name! The new $5 Big Spin ticket (the yellow version) will now feature an opportunity for players to win a minimum of $60,000 and a potential top prize of $125,000! Just like past versions, this game will have six player opportunities to travel to Boise Towne Square for the chance to spin and win big, life changing prizes LIVE on the Idaho Lottery’s Social Media channels. All the other features of the game remain the same. Players will still bring their “digital spin” winning tickets to the store to either win prizes (minimum $20 win!) or learn they’ll be coming to the Lottery in Boise to have a Big Spin Event! The Big Spin Wheel also will have new prizes, including the addition of a $125,000 plus two $100,000 spaces and two $90,000 spaces. Get your players ready to play, spin, and win big cash prizes on the newest edition of the Big Spin!
RETAILER NEWSLETTER Published April 2023
NEW TOP PRIZES!
DWAYNE SKIDMORE WINS $300,000!
MOTHERLOAD WINNER
Dwayne Skidmore has lived in Jerome for most of his life, and for the past three years he has been on a mission to win more than his daughter, Brittanie. Brittanie won $250,000 on Big Sun Cashword in January 2020. Her win showed Dwayne that people really do win, "I mean I had played here and there, but I didn't believe anyone actually won big prizes,” he explained. “Once Brittanie did, I knew I could beat her! I've only ever really played $5 games, but for some reason that Motherload ticket looked really good!" When he decided to purchase his winning $30 ticket at Oasis Stop 'N Go on Lincoln Ave in Jerome, he simply
scratched the barcode and scanned it at the register, hopefully expecting a $50 win. "It was like fireworks started coming out of the register! I almost had a heart attack," he exclaimed as he relived his winning experience. “All the clerk could tell me was to contact the lottery, because I’d probably won $1,000.” Immediately, Dwayne took his ticket to a nearby Arctic Circle so he could grab a snack while actually playing the ticket. At 45 years old, he thought it was kind of neat that one of his numbers was 45. Well, to his surprise, that number 45 matched and won him $300,000! Until about a month ago, Dwayne had been homeless, doing his best to keep him and his wife on their feet. When a family member opened up their home to them, he couldn't believe it, "I mean, with their help we were able to just buy our own car. We drove it here today! I can't believe how much our lives have changed in such little time. First we have a new place to call home, then a car, now this? As thankful as I am, I can't sit here and spend all this money when so many people need help. A lot of my prize is going towards my friends and family, to help them as much as I can."