Inverness businessman claims winnings

Three weeks ago, they were just numbers printed on a piece of paper in the back pocket of some guy's jeans.

But the numbers on a ticket that Dalton Dahlke purchased almost as an afterthought at the B N' W Foods in Inverness became numbers in his bank account.

Six figure numbers.

On April 23, Dahlke, an Inverness native and former bar and supper club owner, won the Montana Wild Card Jackpot and a cool $278,000. Well, he pointed out, after taxes it was only $175,750.85.

"It didn't bother me," he said Thursday. "I never went hog wild. It ain't like I won a hundred million dollars."

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