Benton County Man Wins Big InstaPlay Lottery Prize
A Benton County man said he plans to buy a new motorcycle after winning a lottery prize of more than $60,000.
Skyler Kimm, 29, of Blairstown, won a jackpot prize of $60,144 in the Iowa Lottery's "JACKPOT PARTY Progressive" InstaPlay game. He bought his winning ticket at Kimm's Mini Mart, 604 Locust St. in Blairstown.
Kimm, a sheet metal-worker, claimed his prize on Wednesday at the lottery's Cedar Rapids regional office.
The JACKPOT PARTY Progressive jackpot starts at $10,000 and increases with each ticket sold statewide until it is won.
The InstaPlay product combines features from instant-scratch and lotto games. InstaPlay tickets are called "scratchless" because they have no security coating that needs to be removed to determine the prize won. And rather than having supplies of tickets printed in advance like those in traditional scratch and pull-tab games, InstaPlay tickets are printed on demand from the lottery terminal.
About the Iowa Lottery: Since the lottery's start in 1985, its players have won more than $5 billion in prizes while the lottery has raised more than $2.2 billion for state programs. Today, lottery proceeds help our state in multiple ways. They support Iowa veterans and their families through the Iowa Veterans Trust Fund. They help the families of Iowa peace officers, firefighters and corrections employees who die in the line of duty. And they provide help for a variety of significant projects through the state General Fund.
