Two Jackpots Of More Than $100 Million!

For the first time in Iowa, you have the chance to play for two jackpots of more than $100 million! The Powerball and Mega Millions jackpots both jumped past the $100 million mark over the weekend.
 
The Mega Millions jackpot is at an estimated $112 million for tomorrow’s drawing, while the Powerball jackpot has grown to an estimated $114 million for Wednesday’s drawing. The Powerball jackpot is currently the largest in the world, while the Mega Millions jackpot comes in a close second.

This is what we’d hoped for when Mega Millions and Powerball both began to be offered by lotteries across the country: Players are having the chance to play for even more big prizes!

Until January, the games had been sold by separate groups of lotteries. But an agreement among U.S. lottery directors to allow cross-selling of the games was reached in October and many lotteries, including the Iowa Lottery, began offering both games on Jan. 31.

The Mega Millions jackpot was last won in the drawing on Jan. 29. William Kiefer of Katy, Texas, claimed that $144 million prize. The Powerball jackpot was last won in the drawing on Feb. 6. Frank Griffin of Asheville, N.C., a retired firefighter, won that prize of $141.4 million.