Iowa Lottery Winner Finally Gets to Upgrade His Vehicle!

Daniel Bragg was in need of a new truck. Fortunately for him, he hit it big with the Iowa Lottery and now his new vehicle dreams can finally come true!According to the Iowa Lottery, Bragg drove his 2001 Chevy Suburban to lottery headquarters in a snowstorm to claim his big prize. The truck, which can only be described as a beater, has over 800,000 miles on it. But Bragg can afford to upgrade after winning $150,000 playing a scratch game from the Iowa Lottery!Bragg won the top prize playing the 'Money Gift' scratch game according to lottery officials. He bought his winning ticket at the Fareway store in Newton. He purchased his ticket on New Year's Eve and hit the top prize of $150,000. What a way to start the new year! The Iowa Lottery reports that when Bragg realized how much he had won, he said, "I've got to get a car!"While Bragg says that he is excited to get a new truck, he told the Iowa Lottery that parting with his old truck will be bittersweet. Bragg stated that his old suburban can "pull anything. They said they built these like a tank, and yeah, it's a tank!"Bragg says that he plans on purchasing a smaller pickup with his Iowa Lottery winnings. I'd say that the old suburban got you more than far enough!Want to keep up to date with the latest in local and music news? Download our app! It's completely free and not only will you be the first to know about breaking news, but we'll also keep you updated on concerts and other events coming to the area. You'll also have exclusive opportunities to win tickets. What are you waiting for? Get the free app today. Biggest Winners in the History of the Lottery in IowaThese are the people who have cashed the biggest checks since the Iowa Lottery debuted in the summer of 1985.Gallery Credit: Iowa Lottery#10 Allen & Roice Earles #9 John Hall#8 Timothy Schultz#7 The Hasken Family#6 Earl Lape#5 Hugh Hawkins#4 Tim & Kellie Guderian#3 The Lohse Family#2 The Shipping 20 From Quaker Oats#1 Lerynne WestLOOK: Fastest-growing jobs in IowaStacker analyzed data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics to determine which jobs in Iowa grew the fastest between 2022 and 2023.Gallery Credit: Stacker#50. Physician assistants#49. Butchers and meat cutters#48. Occupational health and safety specialists#47. Electrical engineers#46. Medical secretaries and administrative assistants#45. Electrical, electronic, and electromechanical assemblers, except coil winders, tapers, and finishers#44. Transportation, storage, and distribution managers#43. Food servers, nonrestaurant#42. Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters#41. Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers#40. Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers#39. Data scientists#38. Bakers#37. Secondary school teachers, except special and career/technical education#36. Computer programmers#35. Production workers, all other#34. Mechanical engineers#33. Medical records specialists#32. Laundry and dry-cleaning workers#31. Family medicine physicians#30. Property, real estate, and community association managers#29. Social and human service assistants#28. Civil engineering technologists and technicians#27. Business operations specialists, all other#26. Library technicians#25. Postsecondary teachers, all other#24. First-line supervisors of personal service workers#23. Separating, filtering, clarifying, precipitating, and still machine setters, operators, and tenders#22. Bus drivers, transit and intercity#21. Sales managers#20. Project management specialists#19. Waiters and waitresses#18. Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators#17. Food service managers#16. Bus drivers, school#15. Civil engineers#14. Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders#13. Logisticians#12. Financial and investment analysts#11. Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other#10. Chefs and head cooks#9. Emergency medical technicians#8. Dishwashers#7. Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic#6. Self-enrichment teachers#5. Office and administrative support workers, all other#4. Computer occupations, all other#3. Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers#2. Life, physical, and social science technicians, all other#1. Food processing workers, all other