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Montana Millionaire: here are the winning ticket numbers

Montana Millionaire drawing on December 27, 2022
Posted at 10:32 AM, Dec 27, 2022
and last updated 2023-12-26 13:11:13-05

UPDATE: 2023 WINNING TICKETS ANNOUNCED

If you bought ticket number 033146 or ticket number 058959 in the Montana Millionaire raffle, today is a very good day - those were the two winning numbers, each worth one million dollars.

And if you bought ticket number 254026, you're a big winner, too - of $100,000.

The winning numbers were announced at Montana Lottery headquarters in Helena on Tuesday morning.

  • $1 million: #058959 (sold at Town Pump on 10th in Great Falls)
  • $1 million: #033146 (sold at Town Pump on Dewey in Butte)
  • $100,000: #254026 (sold at River Market in Fort Benton)

The 280,000 tickets for this year's event - priced at $20 each - went on sale Tuesday, November 1, 2022, at many convenience stores, gas stations, and grocery stores across the state; all tickets were sold in less than 30 hours.

The Montana Lottery hosts two "early bird" drawings ahead of the end-of-year grand prize drawing. The first early bird drawing for a prize of $100,000 was done on November 25; the winning ticket was #080647, and it was sold in the town of Laurel.
The second early bird drawing, worth $25,000, was conducted on Friday, December 16. The winning ticket was #269399. The ticket was sold at the Mountain View Co-Op in the town of Lincoln. There have also been dozens of "instant win" tickets with prizes of up to $500.

Previous winners of the Montana Millionaire grand prize are:

  • 2020: Megan Thorstenson, Butte
  • 2019: Casey Petero, Columbia Falls
  • 2018: Richard Mai, Billings
  • 2017: Amy Lambert, Butte
  • 2016: Daniel Thompson, Great Falls
  • 2015: Jack Barisich, Winnett
  • 2014: Jeffrey Fallang, East Helena
  • 2013: Russell Miller, Columbia Falls
  • 2012: Sam Polesky, Laurel
  • 2011: Vern & Mara Wallace, Billings
  • 2010: William Morse, Billings
  • 2009: Dana Delguerra, Great Falls
  • 2008: Mike & Carole McGivern, Butte
  • 2007: Gary & BJ Klipstein, Billings

Last year's two winning million-dollar tickets were sold in Butte and Missoula. Due to a change in legislation, the Montana Lottery is no longer allowed to release names of Montana Millionaire winners unless they have given consent.