Reminders About How To Redeem Tickets

There are different procedures involved when it comes to redeeming the different kinds of lottery tickets available in Iowa.

Lotto tickets in games such as Powerball and Hot Lotto as well as instant-scratch tickets and pull-tab tickets can be purchased at any lottery retailer where the product is sold. Those lotto and scratch tickets that win prizes of $600 or less can be redeemed at any lottery retailer or one of the Iowa Lottery’s offices in Des Moines, Council Bluffs, Storm Lake, Mason City and Cedar Rapids.

Most pull-tab tickets must be redeemed at the location where they were purchased because of the individual accounting procedures for those games.  

All tickets in any of the lottery’s games that win prizes of more than $600 must be claimed at a lottery office for security and tax-reporting purposes.