Deschutes County Players Win More Than $236,000 In Prizes In May
Vic’s Bar & Grill in La Pine had a $20,545.20 Keno winner on May 17. They should be used to big winners, after selling a winning $99,172.30 Special Keno ticket just 35 days earlier.
Daniel Parker of La Pine is the most recent winner. Parker played his eight-spot Keno ticket for five consecutive games at Vic’s on May 16. In the second game on his ticket, Parker matched all eight numbers for a $15,000 prize. He also won the $5,545.20 eight-spot Keno Rolling Jackpot Bonus, giving him a total Keno prize of $20,545.20.
In April, Dana Stone of Sunriver had claimed the $99,172.30 Keno prize. Stone’s prize, which consisted of $25,000 for matching all of her numbers on an eight-spot Special Keno ticket, plus a $74,172.30 eight-spot Rolling Jackpot Bonus, is the 12th largest Keno Rolling Jackpot Bonus prize ever won.
Overall, Deschutes County players won more than $236,000 in prizes of more than $600 in May. Winners included: Florinda Hampton of Bend, $50,000 Win for Life; Jeffrey Flores, a West Linn resident, who purchased his $11,000 “Snake Eyes” Scratch-it in Bend; Matthew Geiss of Redmond, $10,000 Platinum Spin Series Video Lottery; Leslie Smith of Redmond, $10,000 Platinum Spin Series Video Lottery; William Moyer of Sisters, $3,000 Platinum Spin Series Video Lottery; James Reeve of Redmond, $2,293 Megabucks and Karrol Vineyard of Bend, $3,000 Special Keno.
The Lottery recommends that you always sign the back of your tickets with each Oregon Lottery game you play, to ensure you can claim any prize you may win.
Since the Oregon Lottery began selling tickets on April 25, 1985, it has earned over $8 billion for economic development, public education, state parks and watershed enhancements. In that same period, it has paid its players more than $22 billion in prizes.
