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"I thought it was a $25 winner and I forgot to scratch off the bonus numbers and two of the bonus numbers completed the 'X' [pattern] on the ticket, but I didn't [see] that until the guy behind the counter told me," Wilming told officials when he claimed his winnings Wednesday at the Iowa Lottery's headquarters.
Wilming said he only buys lottery tickets about once a year.
"I just saw that there were some [holiday scratch tickets] there and I'm like, 'Well, it's the holidays so I'll just buy four,'" he said.
He said his winnings will go toward buying a minivan and a pop-up travel trailer.
"It's kind of a load off, we don't have to worry about other stuff," he said.