LITTLE ROCK, AR (News release) – With every ticket sold by the Arkansas Scholarship Lottery (ASL), all Arkansans are winners; the player who dreams of winning that big prize, the hard-working Arkansas retailers selling Lottery tickets across the state, and college students for whom Lottery-funded scholarships are a ticket to higher education, better jobs, and higher wages in Arkansas’s 21st Century information economy.

As ASL looks back on a year filled with increased opportunities for Arkansas students and the excitement of big prizes for our Lottery players, here are the Top 10 Arkansas Scholarship Lottery Winners for 2014 (through December 18):
  1. Miranda Huffman, winning $3 million on a Mega Millions ticket purchased at Jordan’s Kwik Stop 14 in her hometown of Lepanto on March 18. It was a good day for Jordan’s, too, since they received a $30,000 bonus (1% of the prize) for selling a winning ticket. 
  2. Donald Hill of Morrilton, winning $2 million with an Arkansas $2 million Gold Rush ticket bought at Joe’s One Stop in Morrilton on February 5. Retailer commission was $20,000. 
  3. Floyd Shepeka of El Dorado, winning the $1 Million Riches on a ticket from his nearby Rainbow Food Mart #4 on October 7.  Retailer bonus: $10,000. 
  4. Harold Thompson of Little Rock, who won a cool $1 million on a Platinum Payout ticket bought locally at the H&J Market on March 5. H&J received a $10,000 bonus. 
  5. James Osborn of Atkins won a million on a Platinum Payout bought at the PDQ North in Russellville on April 14, and PDQ North scored a $10,000 retailer bonus. 
  6. Susan Gray of Bryant, winning the year’s third $1 million Platinum Payout on September 4 with a ticket bought at I-30 Liquor in Little Rock. Retailer bonus was $10,000. 
  7. Gary Howard of Fayetteville started 2014 off with a bang and $1 million on January 6, with a winning Arkansas $1 Million Raffle ticket bought at Fast Trax #10 in Fayetteville. Retailer bonus was $10,000. 
  8. Nancy Silvers of Berryville scored a $1 million Powerball prize on a ticket bought at Rapid Robert’s #201 in Eureka Springs on April 7, reaping Rapid Robert’s a $10,000 retailer reward. 
  9. David Dahlqvist of Bella Vista got a $1 million Powerball surprise on a ticket bought at Casey’s General Store #3264 in Bella Vista. Casey’s also got a nice $10,000 bonus for the sale. 
  10. In a three-way tie for the #10 spot, we have Lawanda Beasley of Jacksonville, with a $500,000 prize won on a Play It Again second-chance drawing on October 21; Norman Johnson of Lockesburg, winning himself a $500,000 Mega Fortune on a ticket from B’s Quick Stop and $5,000 bonus for the retailer on March 10; and Brenda Jackson of Pine Bluff, with $500,000 on a Super Jumbo Bucks bought at the Town & Country in Pine Bluff on November 10. Town & Country also scored a $5,000 retailer bonus.
That’s $13,500,000 in prizes paid to 12 players making the 2014 Top 10, and $130,000 paid to retailers selling these winning tickets. An additional 16 players had won $250,000 or more in 2014. That’s a lot to celebrate!