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Conesville,Iowa has a $500K lotto winner
DES MOINES, Iowa - An eastern Iowa man won a $500,000 prize and 50 other =
lottery players won $1,000 prizes Friday in the final drawing of an =
instant-scratch game from the Kansas and Iowa lotteries that was the =
first of its kind in the nation. The game's success has led the =
lotteries to make plans for further joint scratch games.
Stephen Zabel of Conesville, Iowa, was selected as the top-prize winner =
of $500,000 in the Midwest Millions drawing
conducted Friday in downtown Des Moines by Dawn Carlson, president of =
the Petroleum Marketers and Convenience Stores of Iowa, and lottery =
officials. Fifty winners of $1,000 prizes also were selected in the =
drawing.
<b>Iowa Lottery officials</b> reached Zabel Friday at Tyson Fresh Meats =
in Columbus Junction,
where he works as a supply receiver. Zabel, 55, was floored by the news.
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Oh, geez. You're kidding me! he said when told that he had won the =
$500,000 prize. I'm shaking.
The Kansas and <b>Iowa lotteries</b> became the first in the United =
States to offer a joint
scratch game when Midwest Millions began sales in September. Players in =
both states bought
tickets and competed for prizes as part of an effort to test the =
Powerball concept that has proven so successful in lotto games. Multiple =
lotteries have joined together in lotto games such as Powerball to offer =
bigger prizes and more chances to win than they would have been able to =
achieve on their own.
Kansas Lottery Executive Director Ed Van Petten found inspiration for =
Midwest Millions
in the success that Canadian lotteries had achieved by joining together =
to offer scratch games with millions of dollars in prizes. The =
provincial lotteries in Canada have successfully offered joint =
instant-scratch games since 1976. As he initially considered the idea in =
mid-2006, Van Petten contacted officials at the Iowa Lottery, who also =
saw merit in the project, and the two began the work of bringing a game =
to market.
Van Petten and Iowa Lottery Acting CEO Ken Brickman. Midwest Millions =
has joined the list
of multi-jurisdictional games that have achieved
success by offering players more prizes and larger top prizes through =
the pooling of resources,
Van Petten said. Brickman added,
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>DES MOINES, Iowa - An eastern Iowa man =
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$500,000 prize and 50 other lottery players won $1,000 prizes Friday in =
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final drawing of an instant-scratch game from the Kansas and Iowa =
lotteries that=20
was the first of its kind in the nation. The game's success has led the=20
lotteries to make plans for further joint scratch games.<BR>Stephen =
Zabel of=20
Conesville, Iowa, was selected as the top-prize winner of $500,000 in =
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Midwest Millions drawing<BR>conducted Friday in downtown Des Moines by =
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Carlson, president of the Petroleum Marketers and Convenience Stores of =
Iowa,=20
and lottery officials. Fifty winners of $1,000 prizes also were selected =
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drawing.<BR><b>Iowa Lottery officials</b> reached Zabel =
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Tyson Fresh Meats in Columbus Junction,<BR>where he works as a supply =
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Zabel, 55, was floored by the news.<BR></p><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Oh, geez. You're kidding me! he said =
when told that=20
he had won the $500,000 prize. I'm shaking.<BR>The Kansas and =
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lotteries</b> became the first in the United States to offer a=20
joint<BR>scratch game when Midwest Millions began sales in September. =
Players in=20
both states bought<BR>tickets and competed for prizes as part of an =
effort to=20
test the Powerball concept that has proven so successful in lotto games. =
Multiple lotteries have joined together in lotto games such as Powerball =
to=20
offer bigger prizes and more chances to win than they would have been =
able to=20
achieve on their own.<BR>Kansas Lottery Executive Director Ed Van Petten =
found=20
inspiration for Midwest Millions<BR>in the success that Canadian =
lotteries had=20
achieved by joining together to offer scratch games with millions of =
dollars in=20
prizes. The provincial lotteries in Canada have successfully offered =
joint=20
instant-scratch games since 1976. As he initially considered the idea in =
mid-2006, Van Petten contacted officials at the Iowa Lottery, who also =
saw merit=20
in the project, and the two began the work of bringing a game to =
market.<BR>Van=20
Petten and Iowa Lottery Acting CEO Ken Brickman. Midwest Millions has =
joined the=20
list<BR>of multi-jurisdictional games that have achieved<BR>success by =
offering=20
players more prizes and larger top prizes through the pooling of=20
resources,<BR>Van Petten said. Brickman added,<BR></FONT></DIV>
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