WEBSTER COUNTY WOMAN WINS $25,000 LOTTERY PRIZE

Jennifer Gibson Wins Playing "Wild Bingo" Scratch Game

DES MOINES, Iowa – A Webster County woman won the top prize of $25,000 playing the "Wild Bingo" instant-scratch game.

Jennifer Gibson, a Dayton resident, claimed her prize Monday at the Iowa Lottery's regional office in Mason City. She bought her winning ticket at Casey’s, 307 3rd St. N.W. in Dayton.

Wild Bingo 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.

Twelve top prizes of $25,000 have yet to be claimed in Wild Bingo, along with 22 prizes of $2,500, as well as more than 45 prizes of $500 and 440 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.