Meet Iowa’s First Mega Millions Millionaire

Meeting lottery winners and learning their stories is one of the nicest things about working at the lottery. Each person has their own excitement and life story to share. But Iowa’s latest $1 million winner had such a great detail to his tale that we just had to work it in to his announcement.

You see, Robert Boehm of Denison was worried that he would lose his $1 million-winning Mega Millions® ticket. So, to make sure he didn’t accidentally throw it away, he put it inside an envelope and then labeled that envelope “winning lottery ticket.”

And it worked! Robert and his ticket made it to lottery headquarters yesterday, where he claimed his $1 million prize.

Boehm, by the way, has kept Iowa’s string of millionaires going. Twelve Iowa Lottery players have won prizes of $1 million since 2008!