LE MARS MAN WINS $10,000 LOTTERY PRIZE

Merlyn Oltmanns Wins Top Prize of $10,000 Playing "10X The Money" Scratch Game

DES MOINES, Iowa – A Le Mars man claimed the first top prize of $10,000 playing the "10X The Money" scratch game.

Merlyn Oltmanns purchased his winning ticket at Hy-Vee, 1201 12th Ave. S.W. in Le Mars. He claimed his prize Friday at the Iowa Lottery's regional office in Storm Lake.

Players try to win a prize in 10X The Money, a $2 scratch game, by matching any of "Your Numbers" to any of the "Winning Numbers" to win the prize shown for that number. If players find the "10X" symbol, players win 10 times the prize shown for that symbol. Prizes in the game range from $2 to $10,000. The game has overall odds of winning of 1 in 3.98.

Eight top prizes of $10,000 are still available in 10X The Money, as well as more than 40 prizes of $500, and more than 985 prizes of $80.

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.