Woman wins $100,000 on Valentine's lottery gift

Cynthia Holmes won $100,000 on a scratch-off ticket she was given as a Valentine's Day gift. (Photo: Iowa Lottery)

CLIVE, Iowa — Don Holmes knew the $10 scratch off ticket was a winner when he saw it.

Holmes got the Casino Riches ticket Wednesday as a Valentine's Day gift for his wife, Cynthia.

"(The machine) went, 'Woo hoo!' And I'm like -- my hands started shaking and like butterflies in my stomach," Cynthia Holmes, 54, said. "It is still sinking in."

"I thought it would just be $100 but it turned out to be $100,000," he said.

She didn’t believe she really won.

Holmes, who works at Walmart, said she plans to pay off her house and car.