by Dar Danielson | Sep 7, 2023 | News, Recreation / Entertainment
The Iowa Lottery saw the rare occurrence Wednesday of the deadline running out and a one million dollar prize went unclaimed. Lottery spokesperson, Mary Neubauer, says they waited right up to the end of the business day to see if the unknown winner would show....
by Dar Danielson | Sep 5, 2023 | News, Recreation / Entertainment
Iowa Lottery spokesperson Mary Neubauer says the number of questions they’ve been getting about scams has continued to increase. “People who got a contact and thought to themselves ‘this sounds really strange this makes me suspicious’, so good...
by Dar Danielson | Aug 7, 2023 | News, Recreation / Entertainment
The Mega Millions jackpot is estimated at an all-time high for the game for Tuesday’s drawing of $1.55 billion. Iowa Lottery spokesperson, Mary Neubauer, says big jackpots often lead to people pooling their money to buy tickets, and you need to keep a record to...
by Dar Danielson | Jul 27, 2023 | News, Recreation / Entertainment
The Iowa Lottery set a record for sales in the fiscal year that ended June 30th, with sales of $481.5 million. Iowa Lottery CEO Matt Strawn started the fiscal year with concerns as the stalwart scratch ticket sales had dropped. “Boy, not only did we see scratch...
by Dar Danielson | Jul 5, 2023 | News, Politics & Government
The Iowa Alcoholic Beverages Division and the Iowa Lottery moved over to become divisions within the Iowa Department of Revenue at the start of the new state fiscal year July 1st. Department of Revenue Director Mary Mosiman says it’s part of the state...