AMES MAN WINS $10,000 LOTTERY PRIZE

Larry Jordison Wins Top Prize Playing the "10K Payday" Scratch Game

DES MOINES, Iowa – An Ames man has won the top prize of $10,000 playing the Iowa Lottery's "10K Payday" instant-scratch game.

Larry Jordison claimed his prize Wednesday at the Iowa Lottery's headquarters in Des Moines. He purchased his winning ticket at Swift Stop, 3218 Orion in Ames.

The 10K Payday scratch game is a $2 game. If "Your Numbers" match any of the "Winning Numbers," players win the prize shown for that play area. If they find a "Coin" symbol, they win double the prize shown. The overall odds of winning in the game are 1 in 3.93.

Eight prizes of $10,000 are still up for grabs in the 10K Payday game, as well as 49 prizes of $400 and more than 755 prizes of $80.

Since the Iowa Lottery's inception 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.