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eginning in March, lottery players won’t be Btraveling as far down Western Avenue to buy their tickets and claim their prizes at the Sioux Falls Lottery Quiz office and validation center. The facility is scheduled to Trivia move from its current location at 3824 S. Western Avenue What’s your Lottery IQ? To enter our drawing, send your Lottery Trivia answers to Trivia Quiz, P.O. Box 7107, to a new building at 3605 S. Western Avenue around The new office space is currently being remodeled. Pierre, SD 57501 or give them to your sales rep. One person will win a Lottery sweatshirt and 20 people will March 1. The Sioux Falls office has been in its current spot win T-shirts. One entry per person. Deadline is February 15. since the Lottery began in 1987. have a bigger lobby area to accommodate players, a better Congratulations to last month’s winner of a Lottery sweatshirt: Lisa Kistler of Cubby’s in Sioux Falls. The following won t-shirts: office layout for our staff, and more warehouse space with Marina Bowser, Coyle’s Super Valu-Philip; Loren Adema, A-1 Quik Stop-Elk Point; Cindy Crook, Bi-Rite Liquors-Redfield; Fran Stirling, Newell Conoco-Newell; Alex Caise, EZ Mart-Rapid City; Byron Anderson, Appel’s Quick Stop-Redfield; Melvin Kegley, Thrifty Smoke easier access for deliveries,” said Lingle. The facility will Shop-Rapid City; Roxane Norgaard, The Main Stop-DeSmet; Tanner Pruess, MG Oil-Rapid City; Don Gaberial, Appel Oil-Redfield; also house a large conference room, a smaller training Betty Rumpza, HR One Stop-Waubay; Forrest Johnson, Lynn’s Dakotamart-Custer; Michelle Teigen, Henderson Oil-Buffalo; Ragenia room and additional office space that can be used by out- Bettelyoun, Wanblee Mart-Wanblee; Crystal Ford, Clark Pump N’ Pak-Oacoma; Jenni Eppe, Larson’s Feed & Grocery-Fedora; Lisa NEW LOCATION Peterson, 281 Travel Center-Wolsey; Kevin Love, Geo’s Corner-Lemmon; Michele Crellin, Fresh Start-Spearfish; Kaylee Galino, Conoco 3605 S. Western Avenue of-town Lottery staff when visiting Sioux Falls. Phillips-Wall. One of the biggest challenges in moving to the new 1. Which retailer received a $9,000 3. True or False: The new address 5. Where was the “Scrooge Days” building will be training players and retailers not to go bonus check? of the Sioux Falls office is 3605 S. promotion held? CURRENT LOCATION to the old building. To help in that effort, the new office, Western Avenue. 3824 S. Western Ave. 2. What number do you call for more 6. In what month will the Wild Card 2 located in the parking lot of the Western Mall, will have Lotto paper? 4. What is the top prize on the Luck O game hold it’s last draw? brightly lit signage featuring the Lottery logo on the west The Irish instant ticket? While the present Sioux Falls Lottery office is in a strip and north sides as well as the familiar jackpot sign. The mall, at the new location, the Lottery will be sharing logo will also appear on billboards and mall signage on a stand-alone building with just one other tenant. The Western Avenue and 41st Street. NAme ______PhONe ______SALeS reP’S NAme ______former warehouse is being remodeled on the west side to The move to 3605 S. Western Avenue will not affect the accommodate the Lottery and the east side of the building STOre NAme ______ADDreSS ______CITy ______hours of operation; the Sioux Falls office and validation will remain a warehouse for a local retailer. Lottery center will still be open Monday thru Friday from 8:00 executive director Norm Lingle says the new location will a.m. to 5:00 p.m. although there may be some disruption 1. ______3. ______5. ______be more convenient for both players and Lottery staff. in the schedule during the actual move. Be watching the 2. ______4. ______6. ______”After nearly 30 years, we’d just simply outgrown the Lottery’s website (lottery.sd.gov) and Facebook and Twitter current location. The new Sioux Falls Lottery office will feeds for more information.

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