What’s In It For You At Lottery B-Day Party?

The Iowa Lottery is turning 25 this year and we’re celebrating with a summer travel project that will give you the chance to win cash prizes and rack up savings at businesses and local festivals across the state. The key to it all is our new $5 instant-scratch game, “The Silver Ticket.”

You can win instant prizes in the game from $5 up to $25,000. And if you don’t win a cash prize, there are a few different ways your ticket can be used for even more value:

• “Silver Ticket Savings.” Iowa Lottery players can use nonwinning tickets like a coupon for savings at Iowa events, businesses and attractions. A complete list of the special discount offers available to Silver Ticket customers will be available on the Tourism Office Web site at www.traveliowa.com beginning April 26.
• “Silver Ticket Cash Stops.” Lottery players can use nonwinning tickets in The Silver Ticket game for a chance to win cash prizes in contests the lottery will hold at 25 events across the state. Four cash prizes of up to $500 will be awarded during each contest for a total of $1,000 in prizes at each event.
• Finally, State Fairgoers can use their nonwinning ticket as an entry in the Silver Ticket Cash Stop festivities during the Tourism-Lottery project’s finale event, the Iowa State Fair.

Legislation authorizing a lottery in Iowa was signed into law on April 18, 1985, and the Iowa Lottery sold its first tickets during a kick-off celebration on Aug. 22, 1985, at the State Fair.