DES MOINES WOMAN WINS $25,000 LOTTERY PRIZE

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Renee Lehman Wins Top Prize Playing "Wild Bingo" Scratch Game

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

Renee Lehman claimed her prize Monday at the Iowa Lottery's headquarters in Des Moines. She bought her winning ticket at Best Trip, 1516 S.E. First St. in Des Moines.

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.

Three top prizes of $25,000 have yet to be claimed in Wild Bingo, along with five prizes of $2,500, as well as 20 prizes of $500 and more than 100 prizes of $150 and $250.

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