Remain calm, Citizen

I imagine a lot of immigrants will be heading for Iowa after a Des Moines man won a lottery jackpot the day he became a U.S. citizen.

“That's a double-lucky win,” Moses Bittok said [September 26th] as he claimed his $1.89 million Hot Lotto jackpot. “It's almost like you adopted a country and then they netted you $1.8 million. It doesn't happen anywhere - I guess only in America.”

“For some reason, I'm calm,” he said. His wife Leonida didn't have the same reaction. “I'm the one who screamed!” she said with a laugh.

Bittok, a correctional officer at the Iowa Correctional Institute for Women in Mitchellville, said he doesn't know exactly what he will do with his winnings, but a college fund for the couple's 4-year-old daughter Mindy is top priority.

America really is the Land of Opportunity!