The biggest prize won in Iowa from the drawing for the world’s largest ever lottery jackpot was claimed Thursday. Twenty-three-year-old Bryon Stewart of Onawa purchased a Powerball ticket that matched the first five numbers in Wednesday’s drawing, but missed the Powerball, for a $2 million prize. Stewart drove to Iowa Lottery headquarters in Clive with his girlfriend, Taylor Kuhlman…
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Stewart, who works as a security officer at the WinnaVegas Casino & Resort in Onawa, says he and Taylor were in his car Wednesday night when they looked up the Powerball numbers and realized he had won a big prize….
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Stewart purchased three tickets for the drawing. Three tickets purchased in California, Florida, and Tennessee matched all six numbers drawn for a share of the $1.6 billion jackpot. Stewart said he’s happy with the $1.4 million he’ll collect, after taxes.
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Stewart said he will continue to work, and Kuhlman said she will as well. This marks the second time this week that a young person in western Iowa has claimed a big Powerball prize. On Monday, 23-year-old Joel Dominguez of Sioux City claimed a $1 million Powerball prize he won in Saturday’s drawing.