September 14, 1988 First Wisconsin Lottery games go on sale. Instant Game "Match 3" and Pull-tab "Wisconsin Red" launched.
February 25, 1989 Money Game TV show first broadcast.
August 10, 1989 First on-line game launch, Megabucks Lotto *America, a multi-state game.
February 4, 1991 SuperCash! is introduced.
April 19, 1992 Powerball® is introduced, a new multi-state game. Replaces Megabucks Lotto *America game.
June 18, 1992 Wisconsin's Very Own Megabucks game is launched.
September 21, 1992 The Lottery launches Daily Pick 3.
July 7, 1993 Fond du Lac school teacher Les Robins wins the largest Powerball® jackpot to date: $111 million. Robins goes to court to have the prize legally divided with his then-fiancee Colleen DeVries. The win helps cement the reputation of Fond du Lac's "Miracle Mile."
September 18, 1993 Money Game 4 new on-line game launched.
February 14, 1994 The First Wisconsin Lottery game with a price point above $1 is introduced. "Instant Scratch Bingo" sells for $5.
August 3, 1996 Money Game 4 on-line game ended.
September 16, 1996 Introduction of Daily Millions on-line game (no top prize winners).
April 14, 1997 Introduction of "Vegas Nights" instant Scratch game which is our longest lasting instant game.
September 15, 1997 Daily Pick 4 is introduced.
March 29, 1998 Daily Millions on-line game ends.
March 30, 1998 Cash 4 Life game introduced. Win $1,000 a week for life.
May 20, 1998 Wisconsin is thrust into the national and international spotlight for selling the winning ticket in a $195 Million Powerball® drawing. Frank and Shirley Capaci of Streamwood, Illinois purchase the ticket from a small store in Pell Lake. The Capaci's take the cash option of 104.3 million.
May 3, 1999 "Crossword, Wisconsin's top selling instant scratch ticket is launched.
September 7, 2000 End of Cash 4 life game. There were a total of four winners during the duration of the game.
September 8, 2000 Money Roll a new on-line game is launched.Â
March 1, 2001 "Power Play" multiplier feature is added to Powerball®.
March 25, 2002 End of Money Roll. There were a total of four winners of $500,000 for the duration of the game.
March 26, 2002 New on-lone game City Picks is launched.
July 19, 2002 Super Money Game Show is introduced.
October 6, 2002 Powerball® changes white balls to 53 (from 49) and deletes the 1X multiplier. Annuity option changed to 30 payments made over 29 years. A new Powerball® Bonus prize is also added. When the jackpot reaches a "new" record amount, the jackpot will be limited to increase no more than $25 million for each drawing. For example the current record jackpot is $365 million, add only $25 million, so the bonus prize trigger amount is $390 million. The money collected in excess of the estimated jackpot amount will be placed in the bonus prize pool and will accumulate until there is a jackpot winner. It is then divided equally among all Match 5 winning plays, if there are none then the bonus prize pool will roll down to the match 4+1 prize level. February 15, 2003 End of City Picks game. There were a total of sixteen winners of $500,000 for the duration of the game. February 17, 2003 Badger 5 new On-line game is launched. August 30, 2004 The Lottery goes from using balls for the drawings to using a Random Number Generator (RNG).
August 26, 2005 First Wisconsin lottery's scratch-off with a price point of $20 is introduced.
August 28, 2005 The Powerball® matrix is changed from (5/53 + 1/42) to (5/55 + 1/42). The Power Play wheel is changed from 15 to 16 slots with the 2-5 multipliers occupying 4 slots each.
October 4, 2005 The Lottery adds support for Wisconsin Amber Alerts on retailer game terminals.
October 23, 2005 SuperCash! adds a doubler feature to every drawing, top prize is moved from $250,000 to $350,000.
February 5, 2007 Launch of the first combo ticket "Cash Bonus Double Play" a combination of scratch and pull-tab.
March 4, 2007 The new game "Million Dollar Draw" is launched with a draw date of May 1, 2007. The on-line game is run like a raffle with a top prize of $1 million. 345,635 tickets out of 500,000 are sold. More raffles would follow. 2008 Wisconsin Lottery celebrates its 20th Anniversary with lots of special events, big prizes and larger payouts Managed by Multi-State Lottery Association.