The Montana Lottery offers multiple draw games for those aiming to win big. Here’s a look at Nov. 4, 2025, results for each game:

Winning Mega Millions numbers from Nov. 4 drawing

11-14-17-50-57, Mega Ball: 06

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Winning Lucky For Life numbers from Nov. 4 drawing

03-13-17-27-44, Lucky Ball: 12

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Winning Big Sky Bonus numbers from Nov. 4 drawing

03-07-20-31, Bonus: 12

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When are the Montana Lottery drawings held?

• Powerball: 8:59 p.m. MT on Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday.
• Mega Millions: 9 p.m. MT on Tuesday and Friday.
• Lucky For Life: 8:38 p.m. MT daily.
• Lotto America: 9 p.m. MT on Monday, Wednesday and Saturday.
• Big Sky Bonus: 7:30 p.m. MT daily.
• Powerball Double Play: 8:59 p.m. MT on Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday.
• Montana Cash: 8 p.m. MT on Wednesday and Saturday.

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BRAINERD — Award-Winning author Candace Simar will celebrate the release of her latest book, “Montana Matrimonial News,” 1-3 p.m. Friday, Nov. 7, at the Brainerd Public Library. The event is free and open to the public. Simar will present a book talk at 1:30 p.m. on this latest historical novel.

In “Montana Matrimonial News,” loneliness gnaws and chews like the relentless prairie wind. Dakota homesteader, Digger Dancy, props his feet in the oven and waits for the storm to end. His brother, George, barges into the soddy in a swirl of blowing snow. George announces he will abandon his claim to seek a wife. He can’ t stand the loneliness. Digger slaps a stack of old newspapers on the table and convinces him to place an ad for a correspondence bride in the Montana Matrimonial News. Doctor Gamla, the almost-doctor and midwife, treats George’ s frostbite, and offers a cure for his melancholia. She tells of two sisters living in tar-paper shacks along the Mad Dog River. The brothers cannot imagine how Doctor Gamla’ s cure will change their lives. Nickelbo’ s whole world is wheat. The homesteaders talk about crops, worry about the weather, complain about prices, and dream what they’ ll buy after the harvest. Asa Wainwright busts sod with a grasshopper plow. Ingrid Larson dallies over planting to avoid her sister’ s wedding. Drunken Oscar Borgom gets lost in a storm on the way to the outhouse. Through it all, Doctor Gamla delivers babies, treats ailments, and offers advice.“ My cures work if you can stand them.”

“The text recalls John Steinbeck’s ‘Cannery Row’ with its short-story-like structure charting the lives of various members of the small community,” as stated in a recent Kirkus Review. “One of the most engaging aspects of the novel is the characters’ interactions with major historical events, such as Prohibition and North Dakota achieving statehood. While Prohibition is mostly discussed by the men (who are typically opposed) in the story, the women who are pro-Prohibition are not looked down upon. The novel is successful as an affirmation of the importance of community and connection in the human experience. Touching vignettes of everyday life and romance on the American frontier.”

“The setting is Nickelbo, North Dakota. Simar hands us the climate of every season, including the deathly chill of winter wind and the oppressive heat of a hot August sun, and everything in between,” stated book reviewer Charlie Johnson. “Descriptions of the landscape are diverse, even if it is North Dakota — tree lines, plowed fields, storefronts, and private homes thrive under her keyboard, not to mention the occasional dog, mule, goose, or misbegotten creature. The stories, too, are varied. There are tragic events, there are senseless issues, there are everyday events that turn into life-changing conflict. The pace flows well from story to story, from man to woman, from scientific practice to prehistoric thinking. Simar’s trademark of good story, good character and good setting make ‘Montana Matrimonial News’ yet another fine book to her list of writings.”

Pequot Lakes author Simar likes to imagine how things might have been. Her historical fiction combines her love of history with her Scandinavian heritage. Simar has been recognized by a Spur Award from Western Writers of America, a Will Rogers Gold Medallion, a Peacemaker Award from Western Fictioneers, and Laura Awards for Short Fiction. “Sister Lumberjack” received the Midwest Book Award, was a finalist for the Willa Literary Awards in Historical Fiction, and took 3rd place in the Catholic Novel category of the Catholic Media Awards. Learn more about her work at www.

candacesimar.com

. The book was published by North Star Press of St. Cloud and represented by Blue Cottage Agency.

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Historical Facts, Events, Notable Births and Deaths for November 3

Major Historical Events

1903 – Panama Declares Independence from Colombia The most significant event of November 3rd occurred in 1903 when Panama declared independence from Colombia with U.S. backing. This revolution was engineered by Panamanian nationalists supported by the Panama Canal Company and given tacit approval by President Theodore Roosevelt. The U.S. warship USS Nashville had arrived in Colón on November 2nd, and Colombian forces were prevented from crushing the rebellion. Only one person died in the revolution – Wong Kong Yee of China, who was mortally wounded when the Colombian gunboat Bogotá fired shells on Panama City.

1918 – Armistice Ending World War I The armistice ending World War I was signed in Compiègne, France, marking the end of one of history’s deadliest conflicts.

1957 – Sputnik 2 Launched The Soviet Union launched Sputnik 2, carrying Laika, a female Siberian Husky, becoming the second spacecraft to carry a living animal and heightening Cold War tensions.

1900 – First U.S. Auto Show The first-ever U.S. Auto Show opened at New York’s Madison Square Garden, showcasing 160 vehicles. Interestingly, consumers of the time favored steam- and battery-powered vehicles over noisy internal combustion engines.

1992 – Bill Clinton Elected President Democrat Bill Clinton was elected as the 42nd President of the United States, defeating incumbent President George H.W. Bush.

Scientific and Technological Breakthroughs

• 1817 – The first steam-powered ferry service began operation between New York and Hoboken, New Jersey
• 1935 – Chemistry Nobel Prize awarded to Frédéric Joliot and Irène Joliot-Curie for synthesizing new isotopes
• 1977 – Tandy Corporation released the TRS-80 Model I, one of the first mass-produced personal computers
• 1992 – IBM Simon, the first smartphone, was unveiled at COMDEX
• 2004 – European Space Agency successfully landed the Rosetta spacecraft’s Philae probe on comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko

Cultural and Entertainment Events

• 1928 – Disney’s “Steamboat Willie,” featuring Mickey Mouse, premiered in New York City
• 1954 – The original “Godzilla” film, directed by Ishirō Honda, was released in Japan
• 1956 – “The Nat King Cole Show” premiered on NBC, making television history as the first national TV show hosted by an African American
• 1986 – Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical “The Phantom of the Opera” had its world premiere in London’s West End
• 2017 – Taylor Swift released her sixth studio album “Reputation,” which became the year’s best-selling album in the United States

Political Milestones

• 1868 – Ulysses S. Grant elected as 18th President of the United States
• 1970 – Salvador Allende became President of Chile, the first democratically elected Marxist leader in Latin America
• 1979 – The Greensboro Massacre occurred when Ku Klux Klansmen and neo-Nazis killed five members of the Communist Workers Party during a “Death to the Klan” rally in North Carolina

Notable Births (November 3)

Historical Figures:

• 1794 – William Cullen Bryant, American poet and journalist
• 1801 – Karl Baedeker, German publisher known for travel guidebooks
• 1900 – André Malraux, French novelist and art historian

Entertainment:

• 1918 – Bob Feller, legendary American baseball pitcher
• 1921 – Charles Bronson, American actor known for “The Magnificent Seven” and “Death Wish”
• 1949 – Anna Wintour, British-American journalist and Vogue editor-in-chief
• 1954 – Adam Ant, English singer and musician
• 1957 – Dolph Lundgren, Swedish actor and martial artist (“Rocky IV”)
• 1987 – Colin Kaepernick, NFL quarterback known for his social justice activism
• 1995 – Kendall Jenner, American model and television personality

Notable Deaths (November 3)

Scientists and Intellectuals:

• 1879 – James Clerk Maxwell, Scottish physicist and mathematician who formulated the theory of electromagnetic radiation
• 1950 – George Bernard Shaw, Irish playwright, critic, and Nobel Prize winner
• 1979 – Dennis Gabor, Hungarian-British physicist and Nobel laureate, inventor of holography

Artists and Cultural Figures:

• 1466 – Donatello, Italian Renaissance sculptor and artist
• 1755 – Montesquieu, French political philosopher
• 2014 – Acker Bilk, English clarinetist and composer

Fun Facts for November 3

• November 3rd is celebrated as Sandwich Day in honor of John Montagu, the 4th Earl of Sandwich, who is credited with inventing the sandwich
• This date has been particularly significant for independence movements – besides Panama in 1903, Dominica gained independence from the United Kingdom in 1978
• The Washington Monument was completed in 1884
• NASA successfully launched TIROS-1, the first weather satellite, in 1960

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