OTTUMWA, IOWA -- An Ottumwa man won a $10,000 prize playing the lottery’s “Red Hot Cherries” instant-scratch game.Wayne Howard claimed his prize Tuesday at the Iowa Lottery’s headquarters in Des Moines. He purchased his winning ticket at Quick Shop Foods, 405 S. Madison Ave. in Ottumwa.
Red Hot Cherries is a $10 scratch game. Players try to get three like symbols in the same “pull” to win the prize shown for that pull. If they get two like symbols and a "7" symbol in the same pull, they win double the prize shown for that pull. If players get two like symbols and a "coin" symbol in the same pull, they win triple the prize shown for that pull. In the left Bonus area, players who find a "cherry" symbol win $25 instantly. In the right Bonus area, players who find a "hot" symbol win $50 instantly. The overall odds of winning a prize in the game are 1 in 3.30.
Five top prizes of $100,000 are left in Red Hot Cherries, as well as five prizes of $10,000, more than 210 prizes of $1,000, and several thousand prizes of $300 and $100.
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