URBANDALE COUPLE SHOCKED BY $100,000 LOTTERY PRIZE

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Richard and Judy Cordle Win Top Prize Playing "Iowa's $100,000 Cash Game"

DES MOINES, Iowa – An Urbandale woman walked into her local Dahl's grocery store looking for a recipe, but found much more.

Judy Cordle decided to check her Iowa's $100,000 Cash Game ticket while looking for a holiday recipe and discovered she had won the top prize!

"The clerk said, 'I think you better just forget about that recipe!'" Judy said.

Judy and her husband Richard Cordle won the top prize in the December 14 drawing of Iowa's $100,000 Cash Game. The winning numbers that night were: 6-8-19-21-32. The Cordles' ticket matched all five numbers to win the top prize.

The couple likes to play three of Iowa's top lottery games - Powerball, Hot Lotto and Iowa's $100,000 Cash Game.

"We never buy the extra play, but I'm going to now!" Judy said, referring to the multiplier options for Powerball (Power Play) and Hot Lotto (Sizzler).

After discovering the win, Judy called Richard at work.

"She said, 'I think I won a jackpot.' I said, 'Sure, I know, a couple free tickets or $10 or something. So when I had a chance I went home and saw the ticket, saw the receipt and oh boy! Never in my wildest dreams! Way to go, baby!" Richard said.

The Cordles have told Judy's brother, their daughter and a few good friends about their win. Judy said they all say, "Are you kidding me?"

On their way to claim their prize, the Cordles joked about being able to find the Lottery office in Des Moines.

"Every day I'd drive by and I'd think, 'Oh wow, I'd like to walk in there!' And now we're here!" Judy said.

The couple was presented with an oversized check by Lottery CEO Terry Rich Friday at the Iowa Lottery's headquarters in Des Moines.

"You have no idea what this means to us," Judy said.

The couple plans to use some of their winnings to make payments on their house and vehicle and give their daughter a big Christmas gift.

"We are going to lunch, too," Judy laughed.

"It's finally sinking in. When I saw it was actually true, it was a shock," Richard said.

The couple said they were going to try to wait until Christmas to break the news to the rest of the family.

Before leaving Lottery headquarters, the Cordles purchased their three tickets for the next drawings.

They purchased their winning ticket at Dahl's, 8700 Hickman Road in Clive.

Players in Iowa's $100,000 Cash Game choose five numbers from a pool of 35. Tickets in the game cost $1 and drawings are held at 6:28 p.m. Monday through Saturday. The odds of winning the game's top prize are 1 in 324,632.

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

Since the Iowa Lottery's start in 1985, its players have won more than $2.4 billion in prizes while the lottery has raised nearly $1.2 billion for state programs.