Red Oak woman wins lottery prize

DES MOINES – A Red Oak woman won a top prize of $10,000 playing the lottery’s “Merry MONOPOLY™” instant-scratch game.

Colette Swisher claimed her prize Friday, Dec. 14 at the Iowa Lottery’s regional office in Council Bluffs. She purchased her winning ticket at Kum & Go, 710 N. Broadway St. in Red Oak.

Merry MONOPOLY™ is a $2 scratch game. If players match any “winning numbers” to “your numbers” they win the prize shown for that number. Find the “train” symbol and win double the prize shown for that symbol. The overall odds of winning in the game are 1 in 3.72.

Eleven top prizes of $10,000 are still up for grabs in Merry MONOPOLY™, as well as 263 prizes of $200 and more than 300 prizes of $100.

The game also is eligible for the lottery’s “Winter of Winners” promotion this holiday season, which is open to members of the lottery’s free VIP Club. All 10 of this season’s holiday-themed instant-scratch games in Iowa can be entered online to become eligible for the promotion’s three drawings featuring 150 prizes.

Today, lottery proceeds in Iowa have three main purposes: They provide support for veterans, help for a variety of significant projects through the state General Fund, and backing for the Vision Iowa program, which was implemented to create tourism destinations and community attractions in the state and build and repair schools.

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P.O. Box 377
Red Oak, IA 51566
Phone: 712-623-2566 Fax: 712-623-2568

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