Our players have shared with us that they’ve played similar scratch games in other states like the one shown here, and asked if we could offer something like it in Iowa. We heard you and are proud to bring you “Limited”.
The name pretty much says it all, kind of. We’ve had a couple players ask us, “What exactly does ‘Limited’ mean?” Normally our scratch games have many prizes levels. For example our $10 Joker’s Wild scratch game has top prizes of $100,000 and smaller prizes ranging from $10 up to $4,000. But in our new Limited scratch game there are only prizes of $50 and $100 available. That’s it. As the ticket says it’s ‘loaded exclusively with thousands of $50 and $100 prizes.’
It’s a fairly simple game to play. Just scratch the play area and if you uncover a “$50” symbol, you win 50 bucks! Or, if you reveal a “$100” symbol, you win $100. It’s as simple as it sounds. It’s good to know that you can only win up to one time per ticket. So if you find a $50 symbol, there won’t be a second $50 symbol or a $100 symbol on the same ticket.
We’re curious what you think of this new game play and would love to hear your feedback.
Hi, Amanda. Thank you for giving it a try. We try different game themes, colors, prizes, price points, play styles -- any number of ideas that we think people might like! One size does not fit all ...
Posted by: Mary Neubauer | January 29, 2016 at 03:45 PM
I bought 9 in a row and all losers #check odd of winning before u buy!!!
But I also love that it's simple u either get one or u don't
Posted by: Amanda | January 29, 2016 at 03:05 PM
Hi again, Mark. I checked with someone who has worked at the Iowa Lottery since its start in 1985. He recalls that "more winners" beat "bigger prizes" back then, but we don't have the sales details any longer to know for sure. Maybe we need to do that test again! It IS a topic that people talk a lot about in lottery circles! Thanks again for your comments.
Posted by: Mary Neubauer | January 29, 2016 at 02:47 PM
Good memory, Mark! I confess that the timeframe you mentioned predates my time at the lottery, so I'm not familiar with the games you mentioned. I don't know what records we even would have after all these years. But I'll check into it and see what I can find out!
Posted by: Mary Neubauer | January 29, 2016 at 10:42 AM
The Iowa Lottery did a kind of a test back in December 1988 with two scratch tickets issued at the same time... "More Winners", which had a lot of lower-level prizes, and "Bigger Prizes", which had less prizes, but a chance to win at a higher level.
It would be interesting to see how sales of those tickets went, and which one was the winner!
Posted by: Mark Chandler | January 29, 2016 at 05:40 AM