GREAT FALLS — The numbers are in: 166,685 tickets sold, more than $908,000 for Special Olympics Montana, and one big winner — Mark Frickle of Livingston is the owner of a new Chevy Silverado pickup truck from City Motors in Great Falls!
Tom Wylie reports - watch:
Frickle bought his ticket at Murdoch's Ranch & Home Supply last year and didn't think twice - until he got a phone call last week telling him that he won.
"I don't win anything, and I certainly didn't win a pickup. This is a scam," he jokingly recalled when he received the call. "So I called her back and she says, 'Yeah, you won a truck!'"
More numbers: this year, teams sold 87,298 tickets, raising $440,401. Sponsors sold 79,387 tickets and raised $468,483. The top ticket seller this year was Brian Jackson of Great Falls who sold 9,070 tickets and raised $45,350.
All proceeds from the MTN Chevy Raffle go towards funding training and competition for Special Olympics athletes.
Over the last 32 years, the MTN Chevy Raffle has raised $18,179,584 in sales and donations.
