We held our first drawing in the "Warehouse Dash®" promotion today, and we have the winners!
In case you don't remember, the lottery is throwing open the doors to the warehouse that supplies all of its VIP Club prizes, including televisions and other sought-after electronics, housewares, jewelry, camping gear, sporting equipment and more.
We planned for two drawings this time, and the first one was held this morning.
A BIG congratulations to:
• Ruben Cardona of Lowden
• Melissa Kramer of Marshalltown
• Jan Peterson of Harlan
It's awesome to see winners come up from all across Iowa! These three lucky players will get to choose a partner to accompany them on a weekend getaway to Chicago and participate in a 90-second dash through that prize warehouse to grab as much top-brand merchandise as they can.
The three contestants and their guests will get a two-night stay May 11-12 at the Chicago Marriott® Downtown Magnificent Mile hotel, a welcome dinner at the nearby Fleming's® steakhouse, transportation to and from the warehouse for the dash, and then be able to relax and have fun on their own on the second night. Each contestant will receive $1,500 travel and spending cash and the lottery also will pay the state and federal taxes for the prize package.
And don't forget, the promotion isn't over! You can keep entering your nonwinning "Did I Win?" scratch tickets in your free VIP Club account for a chance to have your name drawn in the second drawing on May 23 for the same weekend get-away package June 22-23.
i think its nice that there were winner on the west side of desmoine we dont see it very offen. and i think it just the luck of the draw i keep hopeing someday it me thanks linda
Posted by: linda petersen | May 07, 2012 at 07:00 PM
Great to see the lottery listen and do away with the free play and pay $1 in the 100,000 cash game.
Posted by: elmer beckler | May 07, 2012 at 01:23 PM
Good morning, Lisa. We're sorry, but we don't understand your comment to this entry, as none of the winners selected in our first Warehouse Dash drawing are from the Des Moines area. They're from three different areas of the state: Lowden, Marshalltown and Harlan. Thanks for commenting to the blog, though!
Posted by: Mary Neubauer | April 16, 2012 at 08:52 AM
Its good to see another contest where the winners drawn are again from the des moines area the lottery appears to be partial to Des moines people and assuring to keep the money close to home. In keeping track of the drawings, more than 85 percent of the winners drawn are from des moines area alone. makes the east and central part of Iowa as not a place to live to get half a chance. Maybe we shoud invest in PO Box address in Des moines to have a half a chance..
Posted by: neweli | April 13, 2012 at 12:37 PM