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*** The Powerball suspense ends in Winner, SD

Local Winner breathless boosters of suspense and speculation kept the PowerBall bouncing in the media for a few days.  I got an e-mail indicating that an Arlen Wanless of Mission, SD had won.  But neither the writer nor I knew for sure, so readers here got only the initials A.W. in a previous post. I guess we were about half right.  Turns out the winner was Neil Wanless of Mission, SD. apparently the son of Arlan Wanless.  AP story and KeloLand stories are in links below.

AP says Neil Wanless of Mission is Powerball Winner

Keloland says Ampride gets $50,000

The local Winner officials' hopes for the swimming pool payoff and the school problem payoff solution aren't likely to be fulfilled if my guess is correct.

My only contact with Arlan Wanless was (if my memory is correct) his buying from me  some old batteries for scrap a year or two ago..maybe his son Neil was with him then...I don't really know for sure.

 Whatever, congratulations to the Wanless family and I hope their  good luck continues and the winnings bring happiness and success to you and future generations.

***Stay tuned, but not for more news on the PowerBall Winner in Winner, SD (NOT) -- Doug Wiken

**Don't toss a Powerball ticket if you bought it in Winner, SD

Big news for Winner, SD today has been the announcement that somebody bought a winning Powerball ticket here at either Ampride or Lil Feller.  So, if you have a ticket in your pocket, you better compare it with the winning numbers below.  The lottery machines at Ampride and Lil Feller were loaded up this morning with all paper supplies as well and hauled off somewhere by the State of South Dakota.

The PowerBall link below should always work for finding current winning numbers.  Image above was captured there.
Powerball Winning Numbers

Of course, if Dakota Today happens to prevent you from tossing the winning ticket, I would sure appreciate a few thousand out of that $100 or $200 Million.  The few people I talked to about this were really wondering if it was somebody from Winner, SD or South Dakota who bought the ticket because a lot of the tickets were purchased by Memorial Day visitors and prairie dog hunters, truckers, etc.  Most were hoping it was bought by a Winnerite.  I suspect anybody with that kind of money would likely quickly find a better place to live however.

The other news in Winner today was the presence of KELO TV and KSFY TV media satellite trucks looking for the PowerBall Winner..in vain apparently.

 

By this afternoon, the KELO truck was camped alongside Ampride alternately known as old Farmers Coop, Country Pride, Ampride, etc. The KSFY truck was setting across a highway and south of Lil Feller. Will be interesting to see

which bet wins. Well, as of 5:30PM,

KELO TV news is reporting that the person holding the winning lotto ticket has still not turned up with it.

All the above, because it is here mostly because it is kind of local Winner, SD news, does not mean I favor states or other governments raising money via lotteries. It is another indication of politician's political cowardice in honest taxing and honest spending.

A tiny bit of irony on the news paper shelf right inside the door at Lil' Feller, the Mitchell Daily Republic cover story was titled something like, "Lottery Sales (or Revenue) Down".

CBS News has a story mentioning Craig Schaeffer Of Lil' Feller and also the Ampride store manager Ulmer:

CBS NEWS notes WINNER IN WINNER, SD

**Stay tuned even if you never care what the expected value of a bet is really worth or whether or not promoted by cowardly politicians-- Doug Wiken