| September 14, 1988 |
First Wisconsin Lottery games go on sale. Instant Game "Match 3" and Pull-tab "Wisconsin Red" launched. |
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| February 25, 1989 |
Money Game TV show first broadcast. |
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| August 10, 1989 |
First on-line game launch, Megabucks Lotto *America, a multi-state game. |
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| February 4, 1991 |
SuperCash! is introduced. |
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| April 19, 1992 |
Powerball® is introduced, a new multi-state game. Replaces Megabucks Lotto *America game. |
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| June 18, 1992 |
Wisconsin's Very Own Megabucks game is launched. |
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| September 21, 1992 |
The Lottery launches Daily Pick 3. |
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| July 7, 1993 |
Fond du Lac school teacher Les Robins wins the largest Powerball® jackpot to date: $111 million. |
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Robins goes to court to have the prize legally divided with his then-fiancee Colleen DeVries. The win helps cement the reputation of Fond du Lac's "Miracle Mile." |
| September 18, 1993 |
Money Game 4 new on-line game launched. |
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| February 14, 1994 |
The First Wisconsin Lottery game with a price point above $1 is introduced. "Instant Scratch Bingo" sells for $5. |
| August 3, 1996 |
Money Game 4 on-line game ended. |
| September 16, 1996 |
Introduction of Daily Millions on-line game (no top prize winners). |
| April 14, 1997 |
Introduction of "Vegas Nights" instant Scratch game which is our longest lasting instant game. |
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| September 15, 1997 |
Daily Pick 4 is introduced. |
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| March 29, 1998 |
Daily Millions on-line game ends. |
| March 30, 1998 |
Cash 4 Life game introduced. Win $1,000 a week for life. |
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| May 20, 1998 |
Wisconsin is thrust into the national and international spotlight for selling the winning ticket in a $195 Million Powerball® drawing. Frank and Shirley Capaci of Streamwood, Illinois purchase the ticket from a small store in Pell Lake. The Capaci's take the cash option of 104.3 million. |
| May 3, 1999 |
"Crossword, Wisconsin's top selling instant scratch ticket is launched. |
| September 7, 2000 |
End of Cash 4 life game. There were a total of four winners during the duration of the game. |
| September 8, 2000 |
Money Roll a new on-line game is launched. |
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| March 1, 2001 |
"Power Play" multiplier feature is added to Powerball®. |
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| March 25, 2002 |
End of Money Roll. There were a total of four winners of $500,000 for the duration of the game. |
| March 26, 2002 |
New on-lone game City Picks is launched. |
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| July 19, 2002 |
Super Money Game Show is introduced. |
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| October 6, 2002 |
Powerball® changes white balls to 53 (from 49) and deletes the 1X multiplier. Annuity option changed to 30 payments made over 29 years. A new Powerball® Bonus prize is also added. When the jackpot reaches a "new" record amount, the jackpot will be limited to increase no more than $25 million for each drawing. For example the current record jackpot is $365 million, add only $25 million, so the bonus prize trigger amount is $390 million. The money collected in excess of the estimated jackpot amount will be placed in the bonus prize pool and will accumulate until there is a jackpot winner. It is then divided equally among all Match 5 winning plays, if there are none then the bonus prize pool will roll down to the match 4+1 prize level. |
| February 15, 2003 |
End of City Picks game. There were a total of sixteen winners of $500,000 for the duration of the game. |
| February 17, 2003 |
Badger 5 new On-line game is launched. |
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| August 30, 2004 |
The Lottery goes from using balls for the drawings to using a Random Number Generator (RNG). |
| August 26, 2005 |
First Wisconsin lottery's scratch-off with a price point of $20 is introduced. |
| August 28, 2005 |
The Powerball® matrix is changed from (5/53 + 1/42) to (5/55 + 1/42). The Power Play wheel is changed from 15 to 16 slots with the 2-5 multipliers occupying 4 slots each. |
| October 4, 2005 |
The Lottery adds support for Wisconsin Amber Alerts on retailer game terminals. |
| October 23, 2005 |
SuperCash! adds a doubler feature to every drawing, top prize is moved from $250,000 to $350,000. |
| February 5, 2007 |
Launch of the first combo ticket "Cash Bonus Double Play" a combination of scratch and pull-tab. |
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| March 4, 2007 |
The new game "Million Dollar Draw" is launched with a draw date of May 1, 2007. The on-line game is run like a raffle with a top prize of $1 million. 345,635 tickets out of 500,000 are sold. More raffles would follow. |
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| 2008 |
Wisconsin Lottery celebrates its 20th Anniversary with lots of special events, big prizes and larger payouts. |
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Largest Wisconsin Jackpots: |
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Powerball® |
$365,000,000 on 2-18-2006 |
| Megabucks |
$20,300,000 on 8-25-2001 |
| Badger 5 |
$288,000 on 6-6-2006 |
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