Southeast Iowa Woman Wins $10,000 Lottery Prize on Friday the 13th
Mindy Long Claims $10,000 Prize In '$100,000 Mega Crossword' Game
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CLIVE, Iowa — Friday the 13th was Mindy Long's lucky day as the Burlington woman won a $10,000 Iowa Lottery prize.
Long, 48, purchased her winning "$100,000 Mega Crossword" scratch ticket at Circle K, 333 N. Roosevelt Ave. in Burlington. She claimed her prize Monday at the lottery's regional office in Cedar Rapids.
Long said she enjoys playing the $100,000 Mega Crossword regularly, but when she became a winner, it was hard to believe.
"I went ahead and scanned it and I'm like, 'No way! No way!'" Long said. "I scanned it again and it came up a $10,000 winner!"
Long said she used the ticket scanner on the Iowa Lottery mobile app three times before she truly believed she was a big winner.
Long said she will use her winnings to visit family in California and save the rest of the money. She added that from now on, Friday the 13th will have a new meaning.
"It was my lucky day, obviously!" Long joked.
The $100,000 Mega Crossword game is a $10 scratch game that features 46 top prizes of $100,000, 92 prizes of $10,000 and overall odds of 1 in 3.29. For more information about this game, and the number of prizes still available, visit www.ialottery.com.
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