Lucky for Life Winner Kept Checking Ticket To Be Sure He Got The Same Results!

I think we can all relate to this: A Des Moines man kept checking his winning lottery ticket to be sure the results would come up the same!

Paul Freeman just claimed a prize of $25,000 a year for life that he’d won in Monday night’s Lucky for Life® drawing. He says he checked his winning ticket at multiple stores and on the Iowa Lottery’s mobile app just to be sure it was real.

Paul’s wife is currently out of state, so he called her to share the news. She didn’t quite believe him at first, but he's pretty sure that with the winnings deposited in their account, she’ll be convinced!

Paul bought his winning easy-pick ticket at Price Chopper, 1819 Beaver Ave. in Des Moines. He matched the first five winning numbers but missed the Lucky Ball to win big. The winning numbers in Monday’s night’s drawing were: 15-17-35-40-45 and Lucky Ball 6.

His Plans For The Winnings

He chose to receive his prize in its lump-sum option of $390,000. He plans to use his winnings to become debt free.

Paul is 59 and a wine consultant for the Urbandale location of an international wine and spirits company. He says he’s always thought about what he’d do if he won a big lottery prize, so now he’s putting that plan into action. He's going to pay off debt and invest for the future so retirement can be comfortable and happy.

Paul says his wife is the only person he told about his win before he claimed the prize, so he anticipates he’ll get a lot of calls and texts once the news breaks!

Price Chopper will get a $500 bonus from the lottery for selling the winning ticket.

Comments

[Mary Neubauer]

Hi, Lionel. Paul is Iowa's 20th winner of $25,000 a year for life in the Lucky for Life game. We have not had a winner here in Iowa of $1,000 a day for life, but we will someday!

[Lionel Foster]

This report indicates that Paul won a prize of $25,000 a year for life. How many such winners are there, and have there been any larger winnings?

Thanks.