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See You @ N. Iowa-Iowa St. Game

If you’re at the N. Iowa-Iowa St. football game on Saturday, look for us on the field during the first quarter!  

The Iowa Lottery and the Iowa Commission of Veterans Affairs have been invited make an on-field presentation during the game in Ames to highlight our efforts to help Iowa’s veterans.

I’ll get to present Lt. Col. Todd Jacobus of the Iowa Army National Guard with a ceremonial check representing the total amount the lottery has raised for the Iowa Veterans Trust Fund since our games to help veterans debuted in 2008. Jacobus is vice chair of the Iowa Commission of Veterans Affairs.

Kick-off for the game is set for 6 p.m. Saturday and our presentation will be sometime during the first quarter. And maybe the coolest part of all is the proceeds total we’ll be able to share with the crowd: With your help, the Lottery has now raised nearly $5.6 million (our latest totals show we are up to almost $6 million) for the Veterans Trust Fund, which directly benefits Iowa veterans and their families!

So the next time you’re at a lottery retailer, look for the Trust Fund logo on select games and ask for the lottery tickets that help Iowa veterans!

First Cash Stop Winners

We had a ton of fun getting out to enjoy the sights and sounds of Iowa during our first weekend of Silver Ticket Cash Stops!

Our trips this past weekend took us to Council Bluffs and Burlington for the Celebrate CB festival and the PZAZZ! Great American Grill-Off. Below are cash prize winners from our Cash Stop contest at each event.

During each Cash Stop, you can enter nonwinning tickets in “The Silver Ticket” instant-scratch game for a chance to win one of four cash prizes.

So where can you get in on the fun next? On May 28, we’ll be at the John Wayne Birthday Celebration in Winterset. That will be followed with a stop on May 29 at the Tivoli Fest in Elk Horn. And on May 30, we’ll be at the Great Okoboji Wing Ding in Arnolds Park.

Hope to see you there! There’s a lot to see and do this summer in Iowa!