For the Press Times
MADISON – For a customer of Kwik Trip on Main, 746 Main Ave., De Pere, a $5 raffle ticket purchase has turned into $100,000 just in time for the holidays.
The Wisconsin Lottery retailer sold the $100,000 top prize-winning ticket – No. 016278 – in the 2022 Holly Jolly Raffle lotto game.
The winning ticket was drawn on Dec. 5.
“This is really exciting. We have so many regular Lottery players in our little store. It’s awesome we sold the winning ticket,” said Kwik Trip Manager Aaron Mueller.
The Holly Jolly Raffle launched on Oct. 21 and sold out 125,000 available tickets on Nov. 16.
“We hope the winner is someone local,” Mueller added.
In addition to the top prize-winner, 65 tickets of $1,000 and 1,500 tickets of $100 were also drawn. Players can check their numbers at any Lottery retailer or by going to wilottery.com/games/raffles.