Associated Press – May 18, 2007 2:14 PM ET – Cowboy legend John Wayne is helping to round up sales for the Iowa Lottery — almost 100 years after his birth in Iowa.
The lottery has created three scratch-off tickets featuring pictures of the Duke, who appeared in more than 175 movies.
The game coincides with a number of events planned later this month in Winterset, where he born on May 26, 1907.
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