DES MOINES MAN WINS A HOT $10,000

Marvin Cooper Wins in March 15 Hot Lotto Drawing

DES MOINES, Iowa - A Polk County man has claimed a large lottery prize.

Marvin Cooper of Des Moines won $10,000 in the March 15 Hot Lotto® drawing. He purchased the winning ticket at Git-N-Go, 2911 Douglas Ave. in Des Moines.

Cooper claimed the prize at Iowa Lottery headquarters in Des Moines.

Hot Lotto players choose five numbers from a pool of 39 and another number, called the Hot Ball, from a pool of 19. The Hot Lotto jackpot starts at $1 million and grows until someone wins it. Tickets in the game cost $1. Hot Lotto drawings are held at about 9:40 p.m. on Wednesdays and Saturdays, just before the Powerball drawings. Overall odds to win a prize are 1 in 16 and 1 in 10.9 million to win the jackpot.

Winning numbers for the March 15 Hot Lotto drawing were 6-7-14-22-26. The winning Hot Ball was 4.

If Cooper had played the Hot Lotto Sizzler®, he would have won $30,000!

Players can increase their prizes by three times (except the jackpot) with the Hot Lotto Sizzler. The cost is $1 per play. Prizes are always tripled with the Hot Lotto Sizzler.

Winning numbers may be checked by calling the lottery at (515) 725-7900 from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Winning numbers may also be checked through the winning numbers' hot line at (515) 323-4633, at the lottery Web site at www.ialottery.com or with lottery retail outlets.

Since the Iowa Lottery's inception in 1985, more than $2.1 billion has been awarded in prizes and more than $1.1 billion has been raised for state programs.