CLIVE, Iowa — A Granger woman, returning home from a Fourth of July celebration, saw even more fireworks when she scratched off a winning $30,000 Iowa Lottery prize ticket.
Susan Legge, 61, won the sixth top prize in the Iowa Lottery’s Amazing Money scratch-off game. She bought the winning ticket at the Casey’s at 1802 Sycamore St. in Granger while on her way to a holiday party. She didn’t scratch off the ticket until she returned home that night, and her surprise was red, white and blue.
Legge, who works at a Casey’s store in Grimes, said she couldn’t believe it when she uncovered the big prize and handed it to her daughter to verify.
“She pulled out her phone and scanned it, and it said that I was a winner,” Legge told Iowa Lottery officials Monday as she claimed her prize at the Clive headquarters. “So then, we took it right over to the store before they closed that night to verify it.”
Legge said she read an online horoscope the day before she purchased her ticket, and it said, “Something good will come to you tomorrow. Expect a miracle.’”
“And then I got this,” she said. “I was stunned. I couldn’t believe it.”
Legge said she plans to use her winnings to put a down payment on a house and upgrade her camper.
Amazing Money is a $3 scratch game that features eight top prizes of $30,000 each and overall odds of 1 in 3.41. For more information about Amazing Money and the number of prizes still available, visit the Iowa Lottery website.
