Two Arkansas residents have each won $50,000 after playing the $50,000 Frenzy instant game, using money they had previously won from the same lottery game.
Bradley Ingle of Cabot claimed his prize at the Arkansas Scholarship Lottery Claim Center on August 4. He purchased his winning ticket at VMart LLC in Cabot while taking a break from his DoorDash shift. Ingle had recently won $1,000 on the same game and decided to use some of those winnings to buy another ticket.
“$50,000 Frenzy’s always been good to me,” Ingle told lottery officials.
“I’m just going to buy myself a ticket and see what happens,” he said about his decision to play again.
After discovering he held a top-prize ticket, Ingle contacted his girlfriend and brother.
“I called to make sure I wasn’t seeing things—especially in this heat!” he said.
Ingle plans to put his winnings into savings for now.
On the same day, Tammy F. from Washington County also claimed a $50,000 top prize after purchasing her ticket at Murphy USA 7123 in Fayetteville. She used $30 she had previously won from playing $50,000 Frenzy and scratched her new ticket in a parking lot while running errands.
“There was just something about that ticket,” she told lottery officials.
Tammy described her reaction upon realizing she had won:
“I was really in disbelief at first,” she said. “My first thought was, ‘Oh my word!’”
She shared the news with her spouse and plans to use her prize money for a vacation.
There are still thirty-four top prizes of $50,000 available on the $50,000 Frenzy instant game. For more details about lottery games or how to play responsibly, information is available at MyArkansasLottery.com.
The Arkansas Scholarship Lottery has provided over $1.5 billion for scholarships benefiting students across Arkansas since its start in 2009. More than 822,000 college scholarships have been awarded by the Arkansas Department of Higher Education as part of these efforts. The lottery has sold over $8 billion in tickets and paid out more than $5 billion in prizes to players while generating significant revenue for state education programs and tax contributions.
