SIOUX CITY WOMAN WINS $25,000 LOTTERY PRIZE

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Jennifer Nielsen Wins Top Prize Playing "Wild Bingo" Scratch Game

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

Jennifer Nielsen claimed her prize Wednesday at the Iowa Lottery's regional office in Storm Lake. She bought her winning ticket at Select Mart, 2825 Gordon Dr. in Sioux City.

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.

Five top prizes of $25,000 have yet to be claimed in Wild Bingo, along with 10 prizes of $2,500, as well as more than 25 prizes of $500 and more than 175 prizes of $150 and $250.

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