Dews Moines man first in Iowa to win ‘Luck For Life’ top prize

A central Iowa man is the first in the state to win the highest level of the multi-state “Lucky for Life” lottery game. Sixty-four-year-old Shelby Willis of Des Moines won the top prize of $1,000 a day for life in Friday’s drawing. Willis checked the numbers Saturday morning. “The numbers kept coming out. I was like, Yeah, that’s the two. That’s the seven. And first, when I first read it, I thought the 19 was a 16. So I had to reread the ticket again to make sure that I was looking at it right. And sure enough, there were all five numbers and the lucky ball,” he says.

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