WORTH COUNTY WOMAN WINS $10,000 LOTTERY PRIZE

Bonnie Durnin Wins Big Prize Playing "$35 Million Cash Spectacular" Scratch Game

DES MOINES, Iowa – A Worth County woman has won a $10,000 prize playing the lottery's "$35 Million Cash Spectacular" instant-scratch game.

Bonnie Durnin of Grafton claimed her prize Monday at the Iowa Lottery's regional office in Mason City. She purchased her winning ticket at Casey's, 505 Highway 65 S. in Manly.

The $35 Million Cash Spectacular is a $10 game. Players who match any of "their numbers" to any "winning number" on their ticket win the prize shown for that play area. If they find a "star" symbol, they win the prize shown instantly. The overall odds of winning in the game are about 1 in 3.

The $35 Million Cash Spectacular began with more than 1.4 million prizes available. Three top prizes of $250,000 are still up for grabs in the game along with 9 prizes of $20,000, 20 prizes of $10,000 and several thousand prizes ranging from $100 to $1,000.

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.