Iowa Lottery players continue to win large prizes across the state. Officials with the Lottery say an Atlantic man is the latest, big instant-scratch game winner, in Cass County during calendar year 2014. Douglas Holtz won $5,000 in the “SUPER CROSSWORD” game with a ticket purchased at Caseys in Atlantic. Carolyn Johnson, also of Atlantic, was the county’s latest and biggest lotto winner during the same period, winning $30,000 in the HOT LOTTO game with a ticket purchased at Caseys in Atlantic.

Iowa Lottery players won a total of $186.9 million in prizes in fiscal year 2014, the latest complete year for which the lottery has records. However, there are a significant number of prizes that expire each year without being claimed. The lottery reminds its players to double-check their tickets. In fiscal year 2014, nearly $1.4 million in lotto prizes expired in Iowa without being claimed.

Prize money left unclaimed after redemption deadlines goes into the lottery’s prize pools for future games and promotions. On the lottery’s website at www.ialottery.com, there is a current list of unclaimed lotto prizes of $10,000 or more.