Long Grove man double winner in Iowa Lottery game

The Quad Cities’ lottery luck is back! A man from Long Grove was on his way to claim one lottery prize when he won a second, even bigger jackpot.

“I had to scan it again just to make sure I wasn’t seeing anything,” said Richard Vogt of Long Grove. “It was just an unbelievable feeling.”

Vogt, 47, won both prizes, jackpots worth $1,000 and $10,000, in the Iowa Lottery’s “Hit the Jackpot!” InstaPlay game. He bought both winning tickets at Hy-Vee, 4064 E. 53rd St. in Davenport. He claimed his prizes Friday at the Iowa Lottery’s regional office in Cedar Rapids.

Vogt bought the first winning ticket on his daughter’s birthday, thinking that would bring him luck. Before he drove to the lottery office to claim that first prize, he bought another ticket in the same game and won a bigger prize.

“I have to say I’ve been pretty lucky, pretty fortunate,” Vogt said. The jackpots came at the perfect time because he works at a manufacturing facility that is currently closed because of a slowdown in business. “It’s definitely a lot of relief, especially with the holidays coming up,” he said of his win.

Hit The Jackpot! is a $30 game with prizes from $30 up to $250,000 and overall odds of winning of 1 in 2.97. The InstaPlay ticket combines features from instant-scratch and lotto games. InstaPlay tickets are called “scratchless” because they don’t have a security coating that needs to be removed (“scratched” ) to determine the prize. InstaPlay tickets are printed on demand from the lottery terminal.

InstaPlay games range in price from $1 to $30. Click here for more on the Iowa Lottery and its games.

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