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HELENA, Mont. (AP) Montana Lottery officials say five people have recently claimed major prizes from lottery games and scratch tickets.

Diane James of Billings claimed a $30,000 Powerball prize from the Sept. 19 drawing. She purchased her winning ticket at the Zip Trip on Wicks Lane in Billings.

C.J. Faulkner of Joliet won the second-chance drawing in the Montana Lottery's World Poker Tour game. Faulkner took the $11,500 cash prize rather than a trip to a Poker Boot Camp. The World Poker Tour game still has another Poker Boot Camp trip and a $50,000 cash prize outstanding.

Dave Warburton of East Helena claimed the $10,000 top prize from the Montana Lottery's scratch game called Crimson Crossword. He bought his ticket at the Town Pump on Lane Avenue in East Helena.

Rudy Schaff of Grass Range claimed a $9,999 prize on a Sapphire 9's Scratch ticket he bought at Town Pump in Ennis and Elinor Snyder of Great Falls claimed a $5,000 Wild Card prize from the Sept. 30 drawing. She bought her winning ticket at the Town Pump in Boulder.

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