$30,000-Winning Lottery Ticket Sold In Waterloo
Alabama Man Claims Big Prize in '$300,000 Platinum Cash'
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CLIVE, Iowa - An Alabama man in Iowa for work has won a $30,000 lottery prize.
Freddie Smith, 62, of Birmingham, Ala., won the big prize playing the Iowa Lottery's "$300,000 Platinum Cash" scratch game. He purchased his winning ticket at Hy-Vee Wine & Spirits, 2181 Logan Ave. in Waterloo.
Smith, a construction worker, scratched the ticket when he got back to his hotel room. He said he noticed right away that the ticket had multiple number matches.
"I scratched off one part of it and it says 19, and then it said $2,000," Smith told officials on Wednesday as he claimed his prize at the lottery's regional office in Mason City. "And then I scratched off another one and it said 19, and I said, 'Oh, this is going to be interesting!'"
Smith won the 16th of 42 prizes of $30,000 available in the game. He said he plans to use his winnings to pay bills.
"That's the best way to do it: Get some bills paid off and then go from there," he said.
The $300,000 Platinum Cash scratch game is a $30 game that features eight top prizes of $300,000 and overall odds of 1 in 2.39. For more information about this game, and the number of prizes still available, visit www.ialottery.com.
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