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Today’s edition · Thurs., Nov. 5

Billings volleyball teams out of state tourney; Montana Millionaire on hold

Plus, Montana Millionaire sales are on hold after a glitch handed out $608,600 in instant prizes

The Good Day Billings team2 stories15 sources5 min read

High School SportsTop story

Billings West and Billings Senior lose Wednesday, ending their Class AA volleyball seasons

Four teams clinched Class AA state berths Wednesday

  • Great Falls CMR3
    Billings Senior0
    FinalEastern playoff; scores are sets won
  • Belgrade3
    Billings West1
    FinalEastern playoff; scores are sets won
  • Kalispell Glacier3
    Butte2
    FinalWestern playoff; scores are sets won
  • Missoula Big Sky3
    Helena1
    FinalWestern playoff; scores are sets won

Source: montanasports.com

If you follow Billings volleyball, Wednesday was a tough night. Great Falls CMR swept Billings Senior in a state play-in game, and Belgrade upset Billings West in four sets. Both Billings teams are out of the Class AA state tournament.

  • State tournament: Nov. 12-14 at in Bozeman
  • CMR setter Signe Hanson: 31 assists, two blocks, five aces
  • Also out: Billings Skyview, eliminated after the regular season

Belgrade senior Hadley Secora said: "We worked so hard from the beginning of the summer to right now just to get to this moment, and I just can't even believe it."

Eight Class AA teams have secured state tournament spots

TeamDivisionHow it got in
Bozeman (17-2)EasternClinched a top-two spot
Gallatin (16-3)EasternClinched a top-two spot
Great Falls CMREasternSwept Billings Senior
BelgradeEasternBeat Billings West 3-1
Missoula Sentinel (14-5)WesternClinched a top-two spot
Missoula Hellgate (12-7)WesternClinched a top-two spot
Kalispell GlacierWesternBeat Butte 3-2
Missoula Big SkyWesternBeat Helena 3-1

Source: montanasports.com

Statewide

Montana Millionaire sales are on hold after a glitch handed out thousands of instant prizes

If you grabbed a ticket Sunday, hang onto it. The Montana Lottery's new gaming system went down soon after sales opened at 5:30 a.m. When it came back, instant wins were awarded far more often than designed. Sales are on hold, and there's no new date yet.

Sunday's glitch handed out instant prizes far too often

$608,600
in unexpected instant prizes
2,010
tickets that triggered instant prizes
1 in 6
odds of an instant win Sunday morning
1 in 74
normal odds of an instant prize

Source: Montana State News Network

Of roughly 13,000 tickets sold that morning, 2,010 won instant prizes: 991 won $100 and 1,019 won $500. Lottery Director Bob Brown said it was "the worst scenario that we could have imagined." Vendor will cover the $608,600, and the lottery will honor every Sunday instant win.

  • Sunday tickets: still valid for the six $1 million drawings
  • Price: $20 a ticket, with 720,000 tickets this year
  • Sunday's instant wins get added back when sales resume

Montana Millionaire dates run through late December

  1. Nov. 1Sales open at 5:30 a.m., and the system fails soon after.
  2. Nov. 30The $250,000 Quarter Million Monday drawing is set.
  3. Dec. 27Final deadline to buy tickets, as set before the pause.
  4. Dec. 28Six $1 million grand prizes and a $20,000 drawing are set.

Source: KTVQ

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News Notes

Football

If you're watching Saturday, Nov. 7, 12th-ranked Montana hosts Portland State at 1 p.m., and third-ranked Montana State visits 22nd-ranked Idaho State at 4 p.m. Both games air on Montana Television Network stations. KTVQ

Both Big Sky games air Saturday on Montana Television Network

  • Portland State Vikings
    Montana Grizzlies
    Sat., Nov. 7, 1 p.m.No. 12 Montana hosts; airs on KTVQ in Billings
  • Montana State Bobcats
    Idaho State Bengals
    Sat., Nov. 7, 4 p.m.No. 3 Montana State visits No. 22 Idaho State

Source: KTVQ

Hockey

The Billings Cattle Punchers are still leading their division entering week seven, and defenseman Zach Hertz calls them "a very fast up and down team, but we get physical." They host the Grand Junction River Hawks at 7:05 p.m. Fri., Nov. 6, at Signal Peak Energy Arena. MontanaSports.comSignal Peak Energy Arena

Jeopardy!

Billings' Erica Doornek, a University of Montana journalism graduate who works for the Bureau of Reclamation, won her fourth straight Jeopardy! game Wednesday despite missing Final Jeopardy. On the show, she represents Glasgow, Montana. KTVQ

Home design

Jessica Hannesson's interior design firm Hannesson Home and her retail showroom Made for Home hold a grand opening this weekend at their combined location on Billings' West End. Billings Gazette

Remembrance

Billings families read aloud the names of loved ones they lost over the past year at a memorial hosted by Stillwater Hospice. The list of names included over a hundred individuals. KTVQ

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Billings volleyball teams out of state tourney; Montana Millionaire on hold

Plus, Montana Millionaire sales are on hold after a glitch handed out $608,600 in instant prizes

The TLDR

  1. Billings West and Senior fall in Class AA volleyball playoffs
  2. Montana Millionaire sales stay on hold after a lottery glitch
  3. Montana and Montana State both play Saturday, Nov. 7
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