FM woman wins $50K on scratch off

CLIVE, Iowa — A southeast Iowa woman has won a $50,000 lottery prize.

Nikki Fowler of Fort Madison won the sixth top prize in the Iowa Lottery’s “X The Money” scratch game. She purchased her winning ticket at Fort Madison Tobacco & Liquor, 1735 Ave. H in Fort Madison, and claimed her prize Monday at the lottery’s Cedar Rapids regional office.

X The Money is a $5 scratch game that features eight top prizes of $50,000 and overall odds of 1 in 3.27. For more information about this game, and the number of prizes still available, visit ialottery.com.

About the Iowa Lottery: Since the lottery's start in 1985, its players have won more than $5.3 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.