Belinda Kifer Is Second Big Winner From Wheatland in Past Month
A Clinton County woman has won a $10,000 lottery prize.
Belinda Kifer of Wheatland won the big prize in the Iowa Lottery’s “$100,000 Mega Crossword” scratch game. She purchased her winning ticket at Day Break, 102 U.S. Highway 30 in Wheatland, and claimed her prize Thursday at the lottery’s regional office in Cedar Rapids.
Kifer, who won the fourth of 50 prizes of $10,000 in the game, is the second person from Wheatland — a town of about 760 — to win a large lottery prize in the past month. Stacy Stewart of Wheatland claimed a $15,000 “Power Shot” scratch prize on Aug. 23 on a ticket she purchased at the same store.
The $100,000 Mega Crossword is a $10 scratch game that features overall odds of 1 in 3.29 and 25 top prizes of $100,000. For more information about this game, and the number of prizes still available, visit ialottery.com.
| About the Iowa Lottery: Since the lottery’s start in 1985, its players have won more than $4.3 billion in prizes while the lottery has raised more than $1.9 billion for state programs. Today, lottery proceeds have four main purposes in Iowa. They provide help for our state’s veterans and their families through the Iowa Veterans Trust Fund; support through the Iowa Public Safety Survivor Benefits Fund for the surviving family members of Iowa peace officers and fire fighters who die in the line of duty; help for a variety of significant projects through the state General Fund; and backing for the Vision Iowa program, which was implemented to create tourism destinations and community attractions in the state and build and repair schools. |
