URBANDALE MAN WINS $10,000 LOTTERY PRIZE

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Mark Nicola Wins Big Prize in "Set for Life" Scratch Game

DES MOINES, Iowa – An Urbandale man won $10,000 playing the Iowa Lottery's "Set for Life" instant-scratch game.

Mark Nicola claimed his prize Monday at the Iowa Lottery's headquarters in Des Moines. He bought his winning ticket at Git-N-Go, 1325 Grand Ave. in West Des Moines.

Set for Life is a $20 scratch game with eight top prizes of $1 million. Players who win the top prize have the option of receiving it as an annuity or lump-sum payment. If the winner chooses to take the annuity, he/she will be paid $40,000 per year for a period of 25 years. If the winner chooses to receive the lump-sum payment, he/she will receive $650,000 before taxes.

Four top prizes of $1 million are still up for grabs in the game, along with four prizes of $10,000, as well as more than 25 prizes of $1,000, more than 55 prizes of $500 and 295 prizes of $100.

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.