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UPI
23-07-2025
- Entertainment
- UPI
Iowa man wins $100,000 from birthday gift lottery ticket
Christian Johnson won $100,000 from a scratch-off lottery ticket he received as a birthday gift from a friend. Photo courtesy of the Iowa Lottery July 23 (UPI) -- An Iowa man received a scratch-off lottery ticket as a gift from a friend and scored a $100,000 birthday surprise. Des Moines man Christian Johnson told Iowa Lottery officials he was celebrating his 42nd birthday with friends when they presented him with a card containing a few scratch-off tickets. Johnson said he handed one of the tickets to his girlfriend to finish scratching and she called his attention to it. "She just was like, 'You need to look at this! You need to look at this!' " Johnson said. "I didn't think it was real at first. I'm like, there's no way! It's got to be a joke." The ticket, a $100,000 Mega Crossword game, had been purchased by his friend, Diana Ballentine, at Best Food Mart on East 14th Street in Des Moines. "I don't think it's hit me completely," Johnson said. "I am floored. I couldn't sleep at all last night waiting to come down here." He said he hasn't decided what to do with his money yet, but it will give him some peace of mind. "It definitely came at a perfect time," he said. "It's a blessing for sure."
Yahoo
01-04-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
In just 2 days, 2 winning lottery tickets bought at Carroll County store
CLIVE, Iowa (KCAU) — Two winning lottery tickets were bought at the same Carroll County store two days apart. According to a release from the Iowa Lottery, within two days of each other, both tickets were bought at the Casey's in Manning, Iowa. Winning Lucky for Life ticket purchased in Denison The first ticket, purchased by Xenia Valladares of Deloit, was a '$100,000 Mega Crossword' scratch ticket that was purchased on Monday. A day later, Judy Ambrose of Dunlap claimed a $25,000 prize from the 'Mega Bucks' scratch ticket. The lottery said that back-to-back wins such as these are coincidental, and they are unsure when winning tickets will turn up. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
