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Southeast Iowa Man Pockets $25,000 Lottery Prize

John VanDenBerg Claims Big Prize In '500X' Scratch Game

John VanDenBerg

CLIVE, Iowa — A southeast Iowa man has won a $25,000 lottery prize.

John VanDenBerg of Kirkville won the big prize playing the Iowa Lottery's "500X" scratch game. He purchased his winning ticket at Eddyville Travel Plaza BP, 500 S. Merino Ave. in Eddyville, and claimed his prize Thursday at the lottery's main office in Clive.

500X is a $50 scratch game that features 12 top prizes of $500,000, 39 prizes of $25,000 and overall odds of 1 in 4.33. For more information about this game, and the number of prizes still available, visit www.ialottery.com.

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