CLIVE — A southern Iowa woman has won a $50,000 lottery prize.
Sandra Wilson of New Virginia claimed the fifth of 11 top prizes of $50,000 available in the Iowa Lottery’s “Bedazzled” instant-scratch game.
Wilson recently claimed her prize at the lottery’s headquarters in Clive. She purchased her winning ticket at Hy-Vee, 910 N. Jefferson Way, in Indianola.
Bedazzled is a $5 scratch game. Players scratch the 12 “Your Coordinates” and then scratch those 12 spots on the game’s grid. If he or she reveals three identical gems on the grid, they win the prize shown on the game’s prize legend. If a player reveals three “diamond” gems on the grid, they win the game’s $50,000 top prize. The overall odds of winning a prize in the game are 1 in 3.70.
Six top prizes of $50,000 are still up for grabs in Bedazzled, as well as 39 prizes of $1,000 and hundreds of prizes of $150 and $100.
Since the lottery’s start in 1985, its players have won more than $3.3 billion in prizes while the lottery has raised more than $1.5 billion for the state programs that benefit all Iowans.
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.