SE Iowa Lottery ticket wins $25,000 a year for life

A lottery ticket purchased at a Mt. Pleasant convenience store won a prize of $25,000 a year for life Monday in the Lucky for Life game.

The Mt. Pleasant ticket matched the first five numbers but missed the Lucky Ball in Monday night’s drawing to win Lucky for Life’s second prize of $25,000 a year for life. The winning ticket was purchased at Gas Land Express, 309 W. Washington St. in Mt. Pleasant.

It is Iowa’s 11th big winner in the game since it debuted in January 2016 in the state.

Lucky for Life is a $2 game with drawings twice a week, at 9:38 p.m. on Mondays and Thursdays. The game’s top two prize levels are described as “lasting as long as you do,” meaning that they are truly for life. The minimum guaranteed payout for those two prize levels is 20 years, and there is a lump-sum option for players who would prefer that rather than lifetime annuity payments.

The winning numbers in Monday’s Lucky for Life drawing were: 5-7-23-25-48 and Lucky Ball 8. Gas Land Express will receive a $500 bonus from the lottery for selling the winning ticket.

Players in Lucky for Life choose five numbers from a pool of 48 for the white balls and 1 out of 18 numbers for the Lucky Ball. Players can win the game’s top prize of $1,000 a day for life by matching all six numbers selected in one of its drawings. The game’s second prize — for matching the first five numbers but missing the Lucky Ball — is $25,000 a year for life. Other prize levels in the game range from $4 up to $5,000.

Players in Lucky for Life have up to 365 days from the date of the drawing to claim prizes won in Iowa.