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Nenana Ice Classic announces 28 winning tickets

Nenana Ice Classic organizers say 28 winning tickets will split this year's jackpot of more than $330,000.

Ice classic manager Cherrie Forness said Friday each ticket represents winnings of $11,797.50.

Forness says organizers have reached most of the ticket holders.

The ice went out on the Tanana River at 2:25 p.m. on April 24 (the game observes standard time, not daylight).

The classic dates back to 1917, the first attempt for people to predict when winter ice would break up on the Tanana River in Nenana. Nowadays, people pay $2.50 per ticket to guess the correct time the river pushes a wooden tripod downstream and stops a connected clock on shore.

This year, the tripod tripped the previous night and floated about 50 yards downstream before it got caught in an ice jam.

Twenty-six of the tickets went to people living in Alaska, with winning tickets sold at seven locations in Fairbanks, seven in Anchorage and two in Wasilla, as well as others in Palmer, Point MacKenzie, Peters Creek, Juneau, Homer and Two Rivers.

The Ice Classic said the winning tickets belong to: Jaqueline Dailey, Tom Norris, Lan Xie, Mike Williams, Kanhthong Boungnavath, Jane Hunt, Sandra Bjelland, Vasana P. Sihakhoth, Jose M. Mora, Assia Jilwan, John J. Craig, Lesley Schoephorster, Beth Baynum, Marc Okuley, Shannon Olson, Anna Smith, Suz Buzby, Jenifer Cameron, Eric Andreassen, Dustin Sommer, Ivory Jacks, Robert Miranda, Brittany Wintter, Milton Peery, Duane Burnham, Danny Lee, Linda M. Dove and Beverly Johnson.

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