Two $5,000 Wild Card winners - one from Selby, the other from Sturgis - are among the 11,499 winners from the Feb. 15-16, 2011 drawings of South Dakota's five lotto games.
There were 3,550 Wild Card 2 winners in all from the Feb. 16, 2011 drawing, sharing a total of $16,569 in prize money. Powerball paid out a total of $18,560 to 3,253 lucky South Dakota players. Dakota Cash proved a winning choice for 2,811 players who split a total of $4,525 in winnings. Hot Lotto sizzled for 1,445 individuals who are sharing in a total of $7,850 in winnings. And there were 440 Mega Millions winners in South Dakota, who each get a cut of a total of $4,686 in prize money.