We blogged a couple weeks ago about a big day for lottery winners in Iowa, and it’s happening again!
So far today, two Iowa Lottery players have claimed prizes of $100,000 each and another has claimed a $30,000 prize. These folks all definitely have a reason to celebrate Cinco de Mayo!
The first big winner to come see us today was Kyle Moschel of Hawkeye in northeast Iowa. He won the top prize of $100,000 in the “Make My Year” scratch game.
Kyle said he stopped for soda and decided to buy a Make My Year ticket, too, because he’d had some luck on it recently. And boy, did his luck come through! Kyle, 31, owns a wheel-repair business and his winnings will help him expand his shop.
Kyle claimed the fourth top prize in Make My Year, so there are two top prizes of $100,000 left in that game.
Next up was Bryce Schweitzer of Hiawatha, who claimed the top prize of $100,000 on a “Blazing Hot 7s Game Book” scratch ticket.
Bryce said he had a slow-pitch softball tournament in Minnesota this weekend and on his way there, he stopped to buy gas in Clear Lake. He decided to buy a Game Book ticket, too, and won a $20 prize on it. When he got home last night, he redeemed his ticket at a local convenience store and used his $20 in winnings to buy another Game Book ticket. And this time, he won $100,000! Bryce, 33, said he’ll use his winnings to pay bills and take a trip.
Bryce claimed the ninth top prize in Blazing Hot 7s, so there’s just one top prize of $100,000 left in that game!
And we just met Jesus Ruiz of Ottumwa, who claimed the top prize of $30,000 in the “Crossword” scratch game. Jesus claimed the 20th top prize available in that game, so there are 66 left.
UPDATE: And on top of all those winners, someone who bought a ticket in central Iowa just won the $100,000 top prize in All or Nothing! It’s Iowa’s first top-prize winner in that game.
The winning ticket, which matched all 12 numbers in today’s midday All or Nothing drawing, was purchased at Dahl’s, 8700 Hickman Road in Clive. The winning numbers in today’s midday drawing were: 2-4-5-6-7-10-13-17-18-19-20-21. Remember, All or Nothing is the lotto game where you can win the top prize by matching all of the numbers selected in a particular drawing or none of the numbers. There are eight other prize levels as well.
Congrats to all our winners today! Let’s keep this good luck going!
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