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Winnett Man Gets Montana Millionaire Ticket for Christmas

Jack Barisich of Winnett is sharing the prize with the woman who bought the ticket

By Dillon Tabish

GREAT FALLS — An 86-year-old retired snow plow driver won the $1 million Montana Millionaire prize with a ticket he received as a Christmas present.

Montana Lottery officials say Jack Barisich of Winnett is sharing the prize with the woman who bought the ticket.

Exchanging lottery tickets at Christmas is a tradition in Barisich’s extended family with the caveat that if anybody wins, they split the prize with the person who gave them the ticket.

Barisich received his ticket from Stacie Schissler of Great Falls, a relative of his son’s. She purchased the ticket at the Pit Stop Tavern in Black Eagle.

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