Rosemount Man Wins $100,000 Lottery

A Rosemount man started out the new year with a bang by winning $100,000 through the Minnesota Millionaire Raffle.

Jim Schellberg found out he was a lucky winner when his ticket matched the winning number 455587, which was drawn on Jan. 1 to win the $100,000 prize. According to the Minnesota Lottery's website, the couple claimed the prize at the lottery’s headquarters on Jan. 3. 

Schellberg said "that he had to look at the ticket quite a few times before it sunk in,” according to the Minnesota Lottery's website. "His wife, Krislyn, agreed that the win is 'hard to fathom.'"

Holiday, located at 4595 Nicols Road in Eagan, sold the winning ticket.

There were other area residents who won the lottery as well. Trina Cooper of Inver Grove Heights won $100,000 by also playing the lottery’s Minnesota Millionaire Raffle game.

As of 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, three $100,000 prizes had yet to be claimed. Two of those winning tickets were purchased in Hennepin County and the other in Mille Lacs County. The deadline to claim prizes from the Jan. 1 drawing is Jan. 2, 2013, according to KSTP.

"Lottery officials said a Wadena man claimed a $1 million prize from the Jan. 1 drawing. Another $1 million prize from the same drawing has yet to be claimed. That ticket was sold in Steele County," KSTP said.