NEWTON WOMAN WINS $50,000 LOTTERY PRIZE

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Cindy Goshorn Wins Top Prize Playing the "Funky 5's" Scratch Game

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

Cindy Goshorn claimed her winning ticket Friday at the Iowa Lottery's headquarters in Des Moines. She bought her winning ticket at Kum & Go, 318 N. Lincoln in Knoxville.

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.

Nine top prizes of $50,000 are still up for grabs, as well as more than 375 prizes of $500 and more than 1,500 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 nearly $1.2 billion for state programs.