Articles Tagged: Iowa Lottery

Mega Bucks is a $50 scratch game that features 13 top prizes of $500,000 and 12 prizes of $25,000.

Former Iowa Lottery CEO Terry Rich talks about the new documentary and the incredible story of the 2010 Iowa Lottery fraud case

Consumer uncertainty likely driving lower jackpot sales, Iowa Lottery CEO says

David Smutz was on his way to a birthday party Saturday when he learned he’d won $500,000 in an Iowa Lottery scratch game.

At $5 a ticket starting in April, game promises bigger prizes and better odds.

Prizes paid to players also reached a record level of almost $313M

Many of the event’s speakers addressed the recent fatal school shooting in Perry, and in response called for more armed officers and armed school staff with firearms and active shooter training in schools.

Lottery officials blamed an unspecified “human reporting error” for the wrong numbers being posted for Monday night's Powerball drawing. The incorrect numbers were posted on the Iowa Lottery's website about 12:30 a.m. Tuesday and it took until 7:15 a.m. before anyone noticed the mistake.

A Walker woman was arrested this week on charges that she stole about $1,250 from the Iowa lottery while working at a Cedar Rapids Kum & Go.

The state transportation department this week approved more than $2.7 million in state funding for seven recreational trail projects across the state.

Iowa’s lottery grossed over $430 million in sales during the 2022 fiscal year, but where does all of that money go? In this week’s installment of Curious Iowa — a series that seeks to answer your questions — The Gazette tracks down a question about how that lottery money is used.

Someone had a lucky April Fools’ Day in Iowa -- a $40 million Lotto America ticket was sold Saturday in Dubuque.

State lawmakers debated what kind of impact the proposal would have on government services, including education.

The bill aims to provide property tax reductions while setting a consistent sales tax rate across the state.

DES MOINES (AP) — The prize in Saturday’s Powerball drawing is $700 million, which ranks as the 10th-largest jackpot in U.S. history.