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MADISON — Kwik Trip, 4611 8th St. in Wisconsin Rapids, sold a winning Badger 5 Double Jackpot ticket for the Thursday, Sept. 22 drawing, going from $40,000 to $80,000. The Double Jackpot win marked the fifth time a Badger 5 jackpot has doubled this month.

During September, in addition to the standard Badger 5 drawing, the Lottery is conducting a double jackpot drawing. If the Badger 5 jackpot is won and a doubler is drawn, the jackpot is doubled for that drawing.

The limited-time offer has hit all over Wisconsin. In addition to the Kwik Trip in Wisconsin Rapids, winning Badger 5 Double Jackpots tickets were sold:

Sept. 1 — $36,000 to $72,000, Pewaukee BP, Pewaukee.

Sept. 6 — $58,000 to $116,000, split winner, D and D Cards and Gifts, Grafton, and Philly’s on 4th Grocery and Deli, Fond du Lac.

Sept. 17 — $27,000 to $54,000, Kwik Trip, Sheboygan Falls.

Sept. 19 –$22,000 to $44,000, split winner, Holiday Station store, St. Croix Falls, and Speedway, New Berlin.

Badger 5 is only $1 per play and there’s no additional cost during this limited-time offer. Learn more about Badger 5 Double Jackpot Days at wilottery.com/DoubleJackpotDays.

The odds of winning the Badger 5 jackpot are 1 in 169,911. The odds of a doubler being drawn are 1 in 2. Badger 5 is drawn daily after 9 p.m. Tickets must be purchased before 9 p.m. to be included in that day’s drawing.

The Wisconsin Lottery enriches communities statewide by giving back 93 percent of its revenue to winners, retailers, and Wisconsin homeowners. Since 1988, the Wisconsin Lottery has generated more than $17 billion in total revenue, over $9.7 billion in prizes paid, and more than $5.1 billion in funding for property tax credits to eligible Wisconsin homeowners.