DES MOINES MAN WINS $50,000 LOTTERY PRIZE

Salvador Serrano Wins Top Prize Playing the "Double Payday" Scratch Game

DES MOINES, Iowa – A Des Moines man has won the top prize of $50,000 playing the lottery's "Double Payday" instant-scratch game.

Salvador Serrano claimed his prize Thursday at the Iowa Lottery's headquarters in Des Moines. He bought his winning ticket at Fast Mart, 1401 Buchanan St. in Des Moines.

Double Payday consists of an instant-scratch ticket on the front and a pull-tab game on the back. The ticket has three play areas on the front of the ticket and four tabs that can be pulled open on the back. Overall odds of winning are about 1 in 3.85.

Four prizes of $50,000 are still up for grabs in Double Payday as well as 26 prizes of $1,000, 68 prizes of $250 as well as 194 prizes of $100.

Since the Iowa Lottery's start in 1985, its players have won more than $2.4 billion in prizes while the lottery has raised more than $1.2 billion for state programs.