Woman speaks huge lottery win into existence in Iowa. ‘I’m going to do it today!’
An Iowa woman won a big prize on a $2 crossword scratch-off lottery ticket after she spoke it into existence.
“When I started scratching, I’m like, ‘You know, it’d be really great to win $20,000 today. I think I’m going to do it today!’” Jennifer Schaub, from Cedar Rapids, said in a news release from the Iowa Lottery.
Schaub was playing the Iowa Lottery’s $20,000 Crossword scratch game when she won the game’s 16th top prize.
She said she thought she won $300, until she scanned the ticket and realized her prize was much larger.
“I scanned my ticket on the app and it said $20,000. I was like, ‘Whoa!’” she said in the news release. “I had to look at it like four times: ‘It says $20,000. It really does say $20,000!’”
Schaub said she and her husband are thinking about putting the winnings toward some home improvements.
The $20,000 Crossword game launched with 34 top prizes of $20,000.
This story was originally published November 27, 2023 at 5:09 PM with the headline "Woman speaks huge lottery win into existence in Iowa. ‘I’m going to do it today!’."
