(Radio Iowa) – Four people have beaten the odds and won big lottery prizes in Iowa in the last five days. Someone who bought a ticket in Centerville Tuesday won a prize of 25-thousand dollars a year for life in the Lucky For Life game. That win comes after a one million dollar Mega Millions prize was won Friday in Davenport, and there were two wins Saturday — a 400-thousand dollar InstaPlay jackpot in Cascade, and a two million dollar Powerball prize won by a woman in Ottumwa.

The Iowa Lottery’s announcement on the string of winners says it demonstrates the random nature of lottery games.