Benefiting Idaho public schools and buildings

 

IMMEDIATE NEWS RELEASE

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                         CONTACT: David Workman

April 12, 2007                                                                                                           (208) 334-2600

 

Collegiate Student Ticket Design Winners Announced

 

Boise – Are you ready for some high stakes poker? Deal us in! During the 2008 Fiscal Year, the Idaho Lottery will debut two new poker tickets, both top winners from this year Collegiate Scratch Ticket Design contest.

 

This year’s winner Jeff Wolfley, a senior Mass Communications major at Idaho State University, wanted to create a scratch ticket that blended something famous from Idaho with something else very popular – poker.

 

“I started with potatoes and went on to Spuds,” explained Wolfley, 52, a non-traditional student who hails originally from Star Valley in Wyoming and winner of a $1000 scholarship. “And what rhymes with Spuds? Studs, like in seven card stud poker.”

 

The Scratch Ticket Design contest is sponsored by the Idaho Lottery for the purposes of helping students utilize their graphic design skills and techniques in a real-life scenario. “It’s a way to continue our mission of benefiting Idaho public schools and buildings at the collegiate level,” said Moody-St. Clair.

 

Sean Watkins, a 27-year old graphic arts student at Lewis-Clark State College went “All-in” when he designed “Idahold’em,” this year’s second place winner.  A play on the popular poker card game Texas Hold’em, Watkins found a need in the Idaho Lottery scratch ticket line-up and decided to fill it – to the tune of a $500 winner’s scholarship.

 

“Working with the Idaho Lottery is a great opportunity for our students to interact with real clients and real deadlines,” explained Brian Kolstad, Lewis-Clark State College Instructor of Graphic Design and Printing Technology. “This is very valuable to the students who have to meet client expectations.”

 

Soon, those lucky numbers on fortune cookies might actually bring you a fortune. At least that is what will happen next year for Angela Heilson, a junior Studio Art and Graphic Design student at the University of Idaho Student, who placed third in the Idaho Lottery’s in this year’s contest with her ticket “Break a Fortune.” Heilson won a $200 scholarship from the Lottery.

 

The Idaho Lottery received 42 additional entries from three other Idaho college campuses this year including the University of Idaho, North Idaho College, and Lewis-Clark State College. All entries were judged by a panel of lottery ticket experts for their design/visual appeal, creativity, play style, and overall marketability.

 

“Spuds and Studs”, “Idahold’em”, and “Break a Fortune will all be printed as part of the official Idaho Lottery line-up in Fiscal Year 2008.  As part of the artwork, each ticket will be printed with the designers name and the college they attend.

 

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