New giveaway formed after $1 million Iowa Lottery prize goes unclaimed

Comment #8

ckrakowski — Tue, 07 May 2019 23:38:31 GMT

The Iowa Lottery released a plan for a new giveaway, funded by the money from an unclaimed prize in Nevada.

Why would Iowa care about another state

Comment #7

KY Floyd — Thu, 18 Apr 2019 19:21:26 GMT

I'm sure a lot of people didn't know it, but Canada is in Kentucky, and Rome is in New York. There's also a Big Island in Virginia but it's not a great place to go hang on the beaches in February.

Comment #6

sully16 — Wed, 17 Apr 2019 22:53:41 GMT

Hell,Michigan

Comment #5

cottoneyedjoe — Tue, 16 Apr 2019 23:25:03 GMT

Each state funds its own secondary Powerball prizes, only the jackpot is pooled by all the states.

Comment #4

cottoneyedjoe — Tue, 16 Apr 2019 23:20:26 GMT

Also:

California, Pennsylvania

Wyoming, Delaware

Florida, Massachusetts

Comment #3

Cruzincat — Tue, 16 Apr 2019 23:19:38 GMT

It is still Powerball money that people from all over the country contributed to. Are they going to do the same thing with the money that Tipton was unable to get away with

Comment #2

cottoneyedjoe — Tue, 16 Apr 2019 20:04:49 GMT

This story might be very confusing to people who don't know that Nevada is the name of a city in the middle of Iowa.

Comment #1

music* — Tue, 16 Apr 2019 20:04:27 GMT

Nevada, Iowa I will assume?

Almost everybody has lottery dreams. Good Luck to all

New giveaway formed after $1 million Iowa Lottery prize goes unclaimed

Lottery Post — Tue, 16 Apr 2019 19:09:24 GMT

The Iowa Lottery released a plan for a new giveaway, funded by the money from an unclaimed prize in Nevada.

A $1 million prize was won in the Powerball drawing on April 11, 2018 at a Casey's store in Nevada, Iowa Lottery CEO Matt Strawn said.

This is the first time in Iowa Lottery history that a $1 million prize has not been claimed.

Strawn said the money had to go into a new giveaway to follow state code. And then, the policy makers, of course, with the proceeds generated by the Iowa... [ More ]