SPIRIT LAKE MAN WINS $25,000 LOTTERY PRIZE

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Jesse Lundberg Wins Playing "Wild Bingo" (zebra stripes) Scratch Game

DES MOINES, Iowa –A Spirit Lake man won the top prize of $25,000 playing the "Wild Bingo" (zebra stripes) scratch game.

Jesse Lundberg claimed his prize Tuesday at the Iowa Lottery's regional office in Storm Lake. He bought his winning ticket at Kum and Go, 300 18th St. in Spirit Lake.

Wild Bingo (zebra stripes) 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.

Fourteen top prizes of $25,000 have yet to be claimed in Wild Bingo (zebra stripes), along with 25 prizes of $2,500, as well as more than 55 prizes of $500 and more than 500 prizes of $150 and $250.

Since the Iowa Lottery's inception in 1985, more than $2.2 billion has been awarded in prizes and more than $1.1 billion has been raised for state programs.