Illinois Player Claims $10,000 Prize on Burlington Iowa Scratch Ticket

A player from Lomax, Illinois, claimed a $10,000 Iowa Lottery prize after winning on a $100,000 Mega Crossword scratch ticket purchased in Burlington, Iowa.

The winning ticket was sold at Circle K, 421 N. Main St., in Burlington. The purchase location places the winning ticket in southeast Iowa, while the player who claimed the prize is from Lomax, Illinois.

The prize was claimed at the Iowa Lottery’s Cedar Rapids regional office on Friday. The claim date was Sept. 18, 2026.

The Iowa Lottery identified the prize in an official announcement dated Sept. 21, 2026. The announcement confirms the prize amount, the game played and the Burlington location where the ticket was purchased.

The winning game is the $100,000 Mega Crossword scratch game. It is a $10 game, so the claimed prize came from a ticket purchased at that price level.

The $10,000 award is one of the prize tiers offered in the game. The game has 92 prizes of $10,000, including the prize claimed on the Burlington ticket.

The game also offers 46 top prizes of $100,000. The $100,000 amount in the game’s title refers to that top-prize level, while the winning ticket produced a $10,000 award.

The Iowa Lottery lists the overall odds of winning any prize in the game as 1 in 3.29. Those are the game’s overall prize odds and are not specific to the $10,000 prize tier.

The claim connects an Iowa ticket purchase with a player from Illinois. The ticket was purchased at a named Circle K location in Burlington, and the prize was later claimed through the Iowa Lottery’s Cedar Rapids regional office.

The game details provide the broader structure of the scratch-ticket prize. Along with the 46 top prizes of $100,000 and the 92 prizes of $10,000, the game carries the listed overall odds of 1 in 3.29 for winning any prize.

Readers looking for current draw information from Iowa can use the latest Iowa lottery results page. The Burlington prize itself remains tied to the $100,000 Mega Crossword scratch game and the ticket purchased at Circle K on North Main Street.