KEOKUK COUNTY MAN WINS $50,000 LOTTERY PRIZE

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Jerry Hudson Wins Top Prize Playing the "Funky 5's" Scratch Game

DES MOINES, Iowa – A Keokuk County man won the top prize of $50,000 playing the lottery's "Funky 5's" instant-scratch game.

Jerry Hudson from Gibson claimed his prize Monday at the Iowa Lottery's regional office in Cedar Rapids. He bought his winning ticket at Montezuma Super Valu, 201 Front St. in Montezuma.

Funky 5's is a $5 scratch game with three different money-themed play areas on each ticket. Prizes in the game range from $5 to $50,000.

Seven top prizes of $50,000 are still up for grabs, as well as more than 280 prizes of $500 and more than 1,100 prizes of $150.

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