by Dar Danielson | Jun 29, 2023 | News, Recreation / Entertainment
Iowa Lottery sales have already hit records for the fiscal year with the June numbers still to be added to the total. Lottery CEO Matt Strawn gave an update to the Lottery Board today. “Fiscal year 2023 will be the strongest year of lottery performance in the...
by Dar Danielson | Jun 7, 2023 | News, Recreation / Entertainment
The Iowa Lottery is asking everyone to double-check old tickets as a Mega Millions ticket with a one million dollar prize sold in Ames is still unclaimed. Lottery spokesperson, Mary Neubauer says there are now just three months left before the ticket expires.”It...
by Dar Danielson | Apr 10, 2023 | News, Recreation / Entertainment
A Dubuque man who bought a lottery ticket on April Fools’ Day that ended up being a winner of a record 40 million dollar jackpot thought it was a joke. Sixty-one-year-old Earl Lape says the called him from the store where he bought the ticket and told him he had to...
by Dar Danielson | Apr 6, 2023 | News, Recreation / Entertainment
The Iowa Lottery has begun the process of transitioning from a 365 day to 180 day time limit for redeeming winning lotto tickets that was approved by the Lottery Board in December. Lottery spokesperson, Mary Neubauer, says 180 days is the standard for most lotteries...
by Dar Danielson | Mar 30, 2023 | News, Recreation / Entertainment
Iowa Lottery sales through February are up 16% compared to last year and are 57% above budget projections. Lottery spokesperson Mary Neubauer says the record sales pace is due to some large lotto jackpots. “Sales in games like Powerball and Mega Millions are...