10/24/09 10 Iowa Co-Workers from the Des Moines Firestone plant tire plant claimed $1 million Powerball jackpot from the 10/10/09 Powerball lottery. Firestone plant are calling themselves“ The Local 310 Ten” because they re all members of Local 310 of the United Steelworkers Union. They’ve pooled their money to buy Powerball tickets together for about five years and made as news of their good fortune spread. Dan Kelley of Urbandale bought the winning ticket at Casey s, 4560 E. 14th St. in Des Moines. As the group claimed its prize, the members of The Local 310 Ten were pooling their money to buy more tickets for the next drawing.
10/04/09 Aaron McDermott picked up his $10,000 playing Hot Lotto jackpot from the 9/26/09 drawing. The Jamboree Foods 1119 Market St. in Gowrie sold this winning Iowa lotto ticket. McDermott won a $10,000 prize by matching the first five numbers.
09/22/09 KANSAS, IOWA LOTTERY BEGIN THIRD EDITION Joint multi state instant scratcher has successful record, begins 2009 sales this week The popularity of the nation's first instant-scratch game sold in 2 states Kansas and Iowa to release a third version of "Midwest Millions."
One $1 million cash sold ticket in Wisconsin hit 5 white ball numbers with PowerPlay 2 $200K cash winners, one in Iowa and one in Kansas.
06/22/09 Lucinda Pena wins $200,000 Prize on the 6/20/09 Powerball drawing The Hy-Vee store at 2400 Second Ave. in Muscatine sold this winning lotto ticket. The winning IA Powerball numbers on June 20 were 3-11-18-22-28 and Powerball 33. The Power Play multiplier was 2.
05/20/09 Another round of security checks shows all lottery prizes properly paid. Lottery Conducts Checks In 10 Counties As Powerball Jackpot Continues To Climb DES MOINES, Iowa – The Iowa Lottery has conducted another round of unannounced security checks at retail locations across the state to see how winning tickets would be handled, and all prizes again were properly paid by store personnel.
Lottery investigators posing as customers visited 66 randomly-selected retail locations May 12-13, presenting tickets for cashing that each had won prizes of up to $100. In every instance, the location paid the correct amount. The lottery continued to vary its approach in the security checks, with most of this month's visits occurring at night.
The latest checks followed earlier rounds conducted by the lottery in February and April, when its investigators visited a total of 140 Iowa retail locations. All prizes were paid correctly in those instances as well.
Russ Twelmeyer said "To be honest with you, it's the first time I did not get a good night's sleep," The Quik Trip store 4024 Fleur Dr. in Des Moines sold this winning Iowa lotto ticket. "And on the last one, when I scratched it, I thought it was $250," he said. "And then I thought it was $2,500, so I decided to put my 'specs' on. And I realized there were four zeroes after the 25!"
Shirley Caldwell hits $100,000 with the Iowa $100,000 Cash Game When Shirley Caldwell grabbed her ticket from home to have it checked, She was not aware that the Pronto store had sold a$100,000-winning ticket. The Pronto store 7305 La Porte Road in Washburn Iowa sold this winning lotto ticket. I got in the car and I went home, and I got in my garage and threw some garbage away," said Caldwell. "And I thought, 'Oh my gosh. I'm going to throw up. I won $100,000! That's when it hit me. It took a few blocks.
Someone in Iowa matched all 5 white numbers with the Power Play for $1 MILLION cash.
Jennifer Newkirk hits the top jackpot prize in an Iowa instant scratch game. While at work at the Sun Market & Deli, she bought some scratch tickets. "I just bought the Crosswords to go on break with," explained Newkirk. "I thought that it couldn't be right. And I still didn't think it was right until I ran it in the machine." She has claimed her prize at the Iowa Lottery Storm Lake office in Storm Lake.
Larry Goranson picks up his lotto jackpot from the 12/27/08 Powerball Drawing at the Iowa Lottery's regional office in Cedar Rapids. The Pronto Market 316 E. Main in Manchester sold this winning Powerball ticket. The winning Powerball numbers were: 12-15-26-31-43 and Powerball 10 in that $72.3 million Powerball jackpot drawing.
Marina Weis of Lacona has picked up her Hot Lotto jackpot at the Iowa Lottery headquarters in Des Moines. "We are going to pour a concrete slab for our camper," Marina Weis of Lacona said Friday. "That's what we plan on doing. And then we'll take the camper in because there e are a few things that need fixed with it." Casey's 203 S. Lincoln in Knoxville sold this winning Iowa Lotto ticket.
DES MOINES, Iowa: Timothy Kline picks up his Powerball jackpot at the Iowa Lottery headquarters in Des Moines. The Casey's store 100 N. 5th St. in Guthrie Center sold this winning Powerball ticket. The winning numbers were: 11-26-31-34-52 and Powerball 14 in the $20 million Powerball jackpot drawing. The Power Play multiplier was 2. If Tim played the Power Play option he would have won $20,000.
11/12/08 She was just following her instincts when she played the Powerball lotto. "I bought my ticket four minutes before the cutoff," Tina De Anda said Friday as she claimed her jackpot at the Iowa Lottery's office. "Something told me to go get one, so I had to hurry. I was just at home cleaning and I had a feeling. De Anda plays Powerball occasionally and when she does make a purchase, it's for just one ticket. "I still can't believe it happened," she said. "I thought never in my life it would happen to me, so that's unbelievable." The Hawkeye Convenience Store at 1581 First Ave. S.E. in Cedar Rapids sold this winning Powerball ticket.
MARSHALLTOWN MAN CLAIMS $30,000-WINNING TICKET! Daniel Martinez hits the Top Prize in Iowa Lottery instant lottery. Winning ticket was bought at Kum / Go 141 S. 74th St. in West Des Moines. Martinez claimed his prize already at Iowa Lottery headquarters in Des Moines.
MOINES, Iowa: 4 co-workers recently cashed in their $10,000-winning Iowa Powerball ticket. Nancy Bollenbaugh and Dana Brown of West Des Moines and Harold Delaria and James Rombazski of Des Moines won $10,000 in the Aug. 27 Powerball drawing. They purchased their winning ticket at Vina's Store, 2704 Vine St. in West Des Moines. The group works at Kavanaugh Art Gallery in West Des Moines. They claimed the prize at Iowa Lottery headquarters in Des Moines on Thursday. The winning Iowa Powerball numbers for the 8/28/08 drawing were: 13-31-36-48-49.The Powerball was 11 multiplier =2.
Mark Herch of Clinton,Iowa won $30,000 playing the Iowa lotto scratch game. The winning ticket was sold by the Cigarette Outlet 1606 Camanche Ave. in Clinton and claimed the prize at the Iowa Lottery's regional office in Cedar Rapids.
07/05/08 DES MOINES, Iowa: - A central Iowa man has claimed his $100,000 from the Iowa Lottery's first cash raffle game. The ticket was sold by Kum / Go, 303 W. Broadway St. in Polk City.The winning Iowa Lottery ticket number was 10042818. Warner, who works as an electrician for the U.S. Department of Agriculture , was calm but happy when he claimed his prize. He said he didn't claim the prize right away because he left for a fishing trip with his sons in Wisconsin. I couldn't believe the number of zeros. Warner said about finding out he was a big winner. I had to look two or three times. When I realized that it started with a ‘1’ I knew it wasn't one of the other prizes, so it had to be a good one.
COOKIE STOP YIELDS $200,000-WINNING TICKET Reo Ogleton Wins Iowa Powerball Drawing. Reo Ogleton who works in Iowa recently stopped to buy some cookies - and found out the Powerball ticket she was holding was a $200,000 winner. This winning Iowa Powerball lottery ticket was sold at Kwik Shop, 303 W. Locust St. in Davenport.
Ogleton, who turns 60 on June 5, stopped at the Kwik Shop the day after the drawing to pick up some cookies and found out she was a big winner! I went in to buy a pack of cookies, like I always do on Thursday, she said. I said, ‘Can you redeem my ticket?’ When she ran [the ticket] through the machine, she said, ‘Oh my goodness. You're going to have to go to the office.’ And I was like, ‘For what - to get some cookies?’ It turned out Ogleton was holding a $200,000-winning ticket from the previous night's drawing! I was getting ready to say, ‘You can have these cookies back, [because I'm not] going that far.’ And she said, ‘No, you won $200,000!’ And I was like, ‘Okay, don't lie to me.’ Once she realized she had actually won, Ogleton couldn't contain her excitement! She gave me the ticket and I just started screaming, she said. I was like, ‘What? Yay! Thank, I can play all my bills off!’ She said she wasn't sure how she would spend the rest of her prize money once she paid her bills.