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March 18, 2003 

Harrison Elementary uncovers top prize at Lottery’s Scratch for Schools!! 

Boise – The excitement could be felt in the air on Saturday, March 15, 2003, as representatives from sixteen Idaho Schools in the greater Twin Falls area participated in the Idaho Lottery’s Scratch for Schools program at the College of Southern Idaho. 

During the five-minute round of mad scratching, Harrison Elementary School uncovered a top prize of $1,000 on the ticket, bringing their total scratched amount to $1096. Each school is given 300 scratch tickets and gets to keep all of the money they uncover. The team that scratches the most tickets in five minutes gets 1,000 extra tickets. The team that scratches off the highest total dollar amount also receives 1,000 extra tickets. 

Harrison Elementary received the prize for highest total amount. Declo High School received the prize for scratching off the most tickets with 237 tickets scratched. But everyone walked away a winner, and all schools were thrilled to participate. 

Nearly $3,000 was uncovered, and the schools still get to take back almost 2,000 unscratched tickets, under which may be hundreds or even thousands more.  

The Idaho Lottery hosts this charity event all over the state to help Idaho’s public schools raise additional funds. 

The Lottery has already conducted several Scratch for Schools events in Treasure Valley and in Northern Idaho. In fact, when Kuna High School team scratched their tickets last year, they uncovered the top prize of $1,000 – in addition to nearly $200 in smaller cash prizes! 



The Idaho Lottery benefiting public schools and buildings.