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…