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Poplar woman scores $100K in Montana Millionaire lottery game

Posted: Jan 10, 2013 9:33 PM by MTN News - Helena

Raquel Whitehawk of Poplar has claimed a $100,000 prize in the Montana Millionaire lottery game.

Whitehawk purchased her winning ticket at TJ's Quik Stop in Poplar.

She told Lottery officials that she has played Montana Millionaire in previous years, and plans to pay off some bills and buy herself a new truck with her winnings.

The Montana Millionaire Final Drawing was held on January 1 and included the $1 million grand prize as well as two $100,000 prizes and three $10,000 prizes.

Sam Polesky was the million-dollar winner; he traveled to Montana Lottery headquarters in Helena last week to claim his $1 million "Montana Millionaire" grand prize. Sam purchased his winning ticket at Cono Mart Superstore in Laurel.

Currently, the are still two unclaimed Montana Millionaire prizes.

One is a $100,000 ticket that was was sold at Holiday store #274 in Billings; the ticket number is 028389.

The second unclaimed prize is the final $10,000 ticket; it was sold at Bob's Supermarket in Townsend, and is ticket number is 013416.

The deadline to claim these prizes is July 1, 2013.