CEDAR RAPIDS MAN WINS $10,000 LOTTERY PRIZE

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Harold Eichhorn Wins Top Prize Playing the "10K Payday" Scratch Game

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

Harold Eichhorn claimed his prize Friday at the Iowa Lottery's regional office in Cedar Rapids. He purchased his winning ticket at Hy-Vee, 3235 Oakland Rd. N.E. in Cedar Rapids.

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.

Six prizes of $10,000 are still up for grabs in the 10K Payday game, as well as 42 prizes of $400 and more than 690 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.