CLIVE, Iowa — A man who played numbers he saw in a dream won big last week in the Iowa Lottery.
Kelvin Wynn, 57, of Davenport, Iowa, won a total of $300,000 in last Tuesday evening's drawing of the Iowa Lottery's Pick 4 game. He won 10 prizes of $30,000 by matching all four of the numbers drawn in the exact order: 2-1-1-2; this is known as a straight play.
Wynn, who works for a landscaping company in the Quad-Cities area, bought his winning tickets Tuesday at QC Mart, 2843 E. 53rd St. in Davenport. He picked his own numbers using the numbers he said he dreamt about two weeks ago.
"Actually I had a dream and in that dream it was hotel room number 2112, but I thought nothing of it," Wynn told lottery employees Thursday as he claimed his prize at the lottery's headquarters in Clive. "Then the next day one of my clients' address happened to be (2112) and I thought, 'Oh, coincidence, no big deal.'"
But Wynn said the signs continued. Later the same day he was at a stop light and the vehicle in front of him had 2112 in the license plate, and his purchase at a department store equaled $21.12.
After encouragement from his wife, Wynn decided that those set of numbers was a sign, and he decided to play them in an upcoming Pick 4 drawing. He said he rarely plays the lottery, but he had a good feeling about playing this set of numbers.
"I realized I had overtime on my check. I said, 'Ah, let's just go for it,'" Wynn said.
Wynn found out he'd won by checking his tickets on the lottery's website the next day. He said he didn't believe what he saw, so he had his wife double-check his work.
He said a majority of his lottery winnings will be used to help pay the education expenses for his three children — two of whom just graduated college, and the third who is still in college. He also plans to buy a new set of golf clubs.
Pick 4, which has been offered in Iowa since September 2003, features a top prize of $30,000, with odds of just 1 in 10,000 of winning it. Another intriguing aspect of the game comes in the variety of ways players can choose to play it. Plays in Pick 4 range from 50 cents to $5 for the chance to match a four-digit combination of numbers from 0000 to 9999.
The Pick 4 winning numbers for the Pick 4 game, and all the lotto draw games offered in the state, are published on Lottery Post's Iowa Lottery Results page soon after each drawing.
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Yep same thing happened to me i won $50K on WA State Match 4 game last year and numbers come to me in a dream..
Awesome--he needed to play that number. Congrats to him.
and belated congrats to you tony869.
What am I missing, Ohio pick 4 straight pays 5k on a dollar bet ?
It's either true or a misprint. However if Gloria Mckenzie could win $370mil off a dollar,before taxes, what's $5K?
Have you heard of buying several tickets with the same combination?
What about those folks who have been "dreaming " of their special numbers for years, and not hitting it? Wrong dreams, wrong numbers -what?
Some states offer higher payouts for more money, say like instead of 1 dollar you pay 2 dollar, and the prize doubles, and then so on and on, some tickets straight could cost you like 10 bucks, but the payout would be like 50G, thats it
Prizes and Odds
Play Odds $.50 $1 $2 $3 $4 $5
Straight 1 in 10,000 $3,000 $6,000 $12,000 $18,000 $24,000 $30,000
I guess you can play up to $5.00 bucks straight and win 30,000 so he played 10 tickets and won $300,000 grand
Oh and by the way do not dismiss numbers in your dreams....it may not happen that same day same week or month but keep it in play.
It happened to me a couple of times and I won big.
I love hearing stories like this. Buying multiple tickets is the way to go
So he spend $50.00 to win the $300, 000. I believe him. I have won $50, 000 back in 2008 played 1201. And something keep telling me hey play that number. And sure I did, it did came out. BINGO
That statement right there, answers my question. What a relief!
from 6/3 to 7/2 (excluding his winning draw on 6/27) for both midday and evening draws there were only 20 straight winners the whole month but on evening of 6/27 (#2112) there was a total of 100 straight winners sold.
Those people don't get their stories in newspapers. If they did you wouldn't have nearly enough time to read them.
He played $50 on that number to win the $300,000!
The Iowa lottery pick 4 odds are 10,000: 1, but pays $3,000 for 50¢ and $6,000 for $1.
You can buy tickets for 50¢, $1, $2, $3, $4, or $5.
Since a $5 ticket pays $30,000, he would have had to purchase 10 of them to win $300,000 at a cost of $50.
PICK 4 IOWA LOTTERY AUTHORITY GAME SPECIFIC RULES
Correct me I'm wrong and feeling lazy here. Isn't this the highest amount paid for a 50 cent/$1.00 bet on pick 4? I know here it is $600 and $5K respectively. maybe someday I'll mosey on all the states to see what their pick 4 pays.
Even thought I'm a firm believer in dreams in which I have multiple dreams of winning big jackpot for some reason I haven't been to hit a single jackpot, now that's what I call bad luck!
I have played number i have dreamed about. I didn't win anything, then I'm left wondering if i didn't play the right way are maybe i didn't play the right game. Are did i give up playing to soon. Then i look back and feel i just didn't know what to make of the dream. Maybe one day soon.
Maybe one day.Lynn.Just gotta #believe Dreams always Lynn have a meaning(or some do) i play if i dream of a bunch or one. Just to see what happens ya know.
Now...
I love P4 mostly and P3 next.Doing good lately past several months with both. This is good.
Heck, i had multiple times a day ago p4 8620 3x so i can imagine how this man feels. What luck! I love this story.
Congratulations to him. We all can use some extra cash.$$$