September 03, 2025

Creston woman wins $30,000 lottery prize

CLIVE – A Creston woman has won a $30,000 lottery prize. Joella Woodward claimed the sixth of nine top prizes of $30,000 available in the Iowa Lottery’s “Vault” instant-scratch game. Woodward claimed her prize Tuesday at the lottery’s headquarters in Clive. She purchased her winning ticket at Fareway, 105 E. Adams St. in Creston.

Vault is a $3 scratch game. Players win a prize by matching any of “Your Numbers” to all of the “Vault Numbers” within a vertical line in the playing area. The overall odds of winning a prize in the game are 1 in 3.93.

Three top prizes of $30,000 are still up for grabs in Vault, as well as 19 prizes of $1,000 and hundreds of prizes between $100 and $675.