The fifth time wasn’t the charm for the There’s plenty of hoop-lah over last night’s Big Game drawing for the record 350-million dollar jackpot. The two winning tickets were bought in Michigan and Illinois. Don’t get confused. It was -not- the Powerball drawing, but an Iowa Lottery spokeswoman says there’ll be other days and other drawings.Mary Neubauer says the Iowa Lottery’s Powerball held the previous record for the biggest jackpot at 295-million dollars in July of 1998. Neubauer is currently on a statewide junket to try and stir up Iowans to look in their glove boxes and under seat cushions for unclaimed lottery tickets. Neubauer says there are about 20 prizes that have gone unclaimed over the last year that are worth more than five-thousand dollars each — one that’s worth 50-thousand dollars. She says there are several ways to double-check whether your ticket is a winner, even if it’s 365 days old.Go to any lottery outlet, call (515) 323-4633 or surf to www.ialottery.com
