$30,000 LOTTERY TICKET SOLD IN CLAYTON COUNTY

David Tantillo Wins Top Prize Playing the "Crossword" Scratch Game

DES MOINES, Iowa – A Chicago, Ill. man was traveling through Clayton County when he stopped in McGregor and bought a "Crossword" instant-scratch ticket.

David Tantillo ended up winning the top prize of $30,000 on his ticket. Tantillo claimed his prize Friday at the Iowa Lottery's headquarters in Des Moines. He bought his winning ticket at Kwik Star, 125 Main St. in McGregor.

Crossword is a $3 scratch game. Players win a prize by uncovering at least three complete words in the ticket's puzzle. If a player uncovers 10 words, he/she wins $30,000. The overall odds of winning in the game are about 1 in 4.

Eighty-six prizes of $30,000 are still up for grabs in Crossword as well as more than 130 prizes of $3,000, more than 1,870 prizes of $300 and 9,021 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.