Well, that didn’t take long! He won a big prize in last night’s Lucky for Life drawing, and today, an Ames man stepped forward to claim his winnings of $25,000 a year for life.
Jeff Henry said he realized this morning that he’d won big when he checked his ticket at the local convenience store where he bought it. Henry, 58, who had gone back to college and recently completed two degrees from Iowa State University, said he plans to use his winnings to pay off student loans and make investments.
Jeff is Iowa’s fourth big winner in Lucky for Life since the game debuted here in January 2016. His easy-pick ticket matched the first five numbers but missed the Lucky Ball in last night’s drawing to win the game’s second prize of $25,000 a year for life. He bought his winning ticket at the Swift Stop, 1118 S. Duff Ave. in Ames, and chose to receive his prize in the lump-sum option of $390,000.
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