A Des Moines man who has carried on his dad’s tradition of people watching decided to buy some lottery tickets during one such stop last week – and he hit big!
Richard Hoversten says people watching was something he and his dad did during the family’s weekly grocery trips when he was growing up. Richard says he’s gone forward with the tradition, and during a recent stop at Hy-Vee, 2540 E. Euclid Ave. in Des Moines, he decided to buy a few lottery tickets.
The next day, he checked the results of his tickets on the Iowa Lottery website and realized he’d won a prize of $25,000 a year for life in the Lucky for Life® game. Richard says he immediately called his son to double-check what he was seeing. And then he admits he was just dumbfounded for a bit!
Richard, who’s 79 and a retired Vietnam veteran, says he was then able to spread the word to his other children and grandchildren. And they believed his news!
Richard won Iowa’s 21st big prize in the Lucky for Life game since its January 2016 debut in the state. His easy-pick ticket matched the first five numbers but missed the Lucky Ball in last Wednesday’s Lucky for Life drawing to win at the game’s second prize level of $25,000 a year for life.
That night’s winning Lucky for Life numbers were: 9-12-22-25-44 and Lucky Ball 9.
Hy-Vee will receive a $500 bonus from the lottery for selling Richard his winning ticket.
Richard chose to receive his prize in its annuity option of $25,000 a year for life. He plans to use his winning to pay off bills and says he may travel more. He also plans to invest for the future and will continue supporting charities important to him.
Hi, Chris. The winning numbers for the latest drawing in our lotto games are displayed on our homepage, so the winning numbers in last night's drawing (Oct. 28) are displayed there now. But if you click on the Lucky for Life game logo there, it will take you to the page for that game on our website. There is a Winning Numbers link you can click to see the winning numbers for the past month of drawings in the Lucky for Life game. The winning numbers for the drawing on Oct. 26 are available there. Here is a direct link to that page: https://ialottery.com/Pages/Games-Online/LuckyForLifeWin.aspx
Posted by: Mary Neubauer | October 29, 2024 at 09:28 AM
10/26/2024 , Where are the Lucky for Life, numbers for tonight? It's not even on the website.
Posted by: Chris McConnell | October 28, 2024 at 11:51 PM