An Anchorage retiree won more than $3.5 million in a lottery game this week, its largest prize ever distributed.
Anchorage man George Tagarook and Lotto Alaska staff pose with a check representing his more than $3.5 million in winnings on Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2023. The prize, awarded at Anchorage’s Moose A’La Mode restaurant, is Lotto Alaska’s largest to date.
In a brief interview posted by Lotto Alaska on Facebook, Tagarook told longtime Alaska radio personality Bob Lester that he’d only been playing lotteries for a few months before he bought 200 Lotto Alaska tickets on Saturday for $100. The ticket numbers he bought included the winning ticket: NL-2726655.
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