An Iowa-based convenience store chain is donating a $10,000 bonus from the Iowa Lottery to emergency responders and a school that serve the small Dallas County town of Redfield. The Casey's store in Redfield received the $10,000 check for selling an October 27th jackpot-winning Powerball ticket. … [Read more...]
Redfield Casey’s sells ‘bin buster’ $343.9 million Powerball ticket
A ticket sold in Iowa for Saturday's Powerball drawing is worth $343.9 million. On Sunday morning, Iowa Lottery CEO Terry Rich stood in a rural convenience store's parking lot to make this announcement: "Behind me, at this Casey's in Redfield, Iowa, we had...absolutely the biggest jackpot ticket … [Read more...]
Be sure you haven’t won a prize before throwing away those lottery tickets
A ticket purchased in South Carolina won the Mega Millions jackpot in Tuesday's drawing -- while the Iowa Lottery says four tickets purchased in Iowa came within one number of getting a share of the prize. The jackpot finished just shy of a world record at $1.54 billion dollars. Iowa Lottery … [Read more...]
Big lottery jackpots create lots of office pools and empty paper spools
Everyone will be clutching their tickets once again tonight hoping to see the numbers that will bring them the $1.6 billion Mega Millions jackpot. Iowa Lottery spokesperson, Mary Neubauer, says there were around $5,800 a minute in tickets sold during the busiest time before the last drawing … [Read more...]
Iowa Lottery asks that suit seeking part of mystery jackpot be thrown out
The Iowa Lottery is asking a judge to throw out the lawsuit of a man says he should be paid part of a $16 million Hot Lotto jackpot that was the center of a major fraud case. Larry Dawson of Webster City won a Hot Lotto jackpot that was a little more than $9 million on May 7th of 2011. Dawson … [Read more...]
Lottery sees Delaware’s model for sports betting as a possibility for Iowa
The future of sports betting in the state could look a lot like what's been put in place in Delaware. The Iowa Lottery has been following the issue at the request of state lawmakers after a U.S. Supreme Court ruling in May made sports betting legal across the county. Lottery spokesperson Mary … [Read more...]
Cedar Rapids store remains at the top of the Iowa Lottery’s sales list
The Iowa Lottery had a record year in sales and the leading retailer is again in eastern Iowa. "There is one particular Hy-Vee stored in Iowa that has been the lottery's leading retailer in terms of sales for at least the last decade. And that store came out on top again this year," according to … [Read more...]
Scratch tickets continue to anchor sales in record year for Iowa Lottery
The Iowa Lottery scratched out a record in sales for the fiscal year that ended June 30th. Lottery spokesperson Mary Neubauer says total sales were $371 million -- and the $87.1 million that'll go to the state is the second highest amount every produced. Neubauer says the first product ever sold by … [Read more...]
Iowa Lottery CEO plans to retire
The leader of the Iowa Lottery says he will retire at the end of this year or early in 2019. Terry Rich took over as only the second ever Iowa Lottery CEO in 2009 following the retirement of Ed Stanek. Rich is 65 and while he isn't required to retire, he says he is ready. "I decided it was time to … [Read more...]
Final Powerball and Mega Millions drawings this year both top $300 million
The jackpots in Powerball and Mega Millions have both topped the $300 million mark for the second time this year. Iowa Lottery CEO Terry Rich says the Powerball jackpot has gone unclaimed since October 25th and the jackpot is an estimated 384 million for Saturday’s drawing. "That's a lot of money … [Read more...]