powerballlogoBISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota’s lottery director says player fatigue and smaller jackpots led to a $903,000 decrease in ticket sales during the last fiscal year.
 
     Director Randy Miller says an unaudited financial report released Tuesday shows North Dakota gamblers wagered $26.9 million on lottery games for the fiscal year that ended June 30. That’s down from $27.8 million in fiscal 2013.
 
     Miller says lottery ticket sales set a record in 2013 because of bigger jackpots. He says there is a direct impact to ticket sales depending on the size of jackpots.

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 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – A Turtle Lake man has claimed a Wild Card 2 jackpot worth nearly $328,000.
 
     North Dakota lottery officials say John Morris bought the winning ticket at a Minot convenience store. It won the jackpot in Saturday’s drawing.
 
     The odds of winning the Wild Card 2 jackpot are 1 in about 1.9 million. Morris says he plays the lottery regularly and has never won a prize bigger than $100.
 
     Wild Card 2 is played in the Dakotas, Montana and Idaho. The jackpot starts over at $200,000 for the next drawing, on Wednesday.