IOWA CITY WOMAN WINS $25,000 LOTTERY PRIZE

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Susan Witherwax Wins Top Prize Playing "Bingo Night" Scratch Game

DES MOINES, Iowa – An Iowa City woman won the top prize of $25,000 playing the Iowa Lottery's "Bingo Night" instant-scratch game.

Susan Witherwax claimed her prize Wednesday at the Iowa Lottery's regional office in Cedar Rapids. She purchased her winning ticket at Gasby’s, 1310 S. Gilbert St. in Iowa City.

Bingo Night is a $2 scratch game. Players try to match any complete horizontal, vertical or diagonal line, four corners, or an "X" pattern on one of the four Bingo cards to win the corresponding prize in the prize arrow that points to their card. The overall odds of winning a prize in the game are 1 in 3.57.

Sixteen top prizes of $25,000 are still up for grabs in Bingo Night, as well as 38 prizes of $2,500, 73 prizes of $500 and 700 prizes of $250 and $150.

Since the Iowa Lottery's inception in 1985, more than $2.4 billion has been awarded in prizes and more than $1.2 billion has been raised for state programs.