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Iowa Lottery has delivered $6.1B in prizes since 1985
Iowa Lottery celebrates 40 years
Sales of the first Iowa Lottery tickets began in 1985 with a kickoff celebration at the Iowa State Fair. Forty years later, state fairgoers broke the Guinness World Record for the most people 1,380 to scratch lottery cards simultaneously, demonstrating the lottery's journey from $1 scratch tickets to a multibillion-dollar enterprise.
Since its launch was approved by the state Legislature and signed into law by then-Gov. Terry Branstad, the lottery has gen
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