A new InstaPlay game has just debuted here in Iowa, adding another progressive-jackpot game to the mix. It’s called “Jumbo Bucks Progressive” and it’s a $5 game that began sales yesterday across the state.
This is the first time we’ve added a new InstaPlay game since the product’s introduction back in November here in Iowa. There now are four InstaPlay games that you can play in our state and we anticipate adding even more over time.
The jackpot in Jumbo Bucks Progressive starts at $5,000 and grows with each ticket sold in the game. That’s the same concept you’ve already seen in the $2 “Cherry Twist Progressive” game – that jackpot starts at $2,000 and grows until someone wins it. Since the start of the Cherry Twist Progressive game in November, its jackpot has been hit 18 times, with the amounts ranging from a little more than $2,200 up to more than $28,200. That’s the fun of a progressive jackpot – you never know when the next win will hit, or how much the prize will be!
With this new InstaPlay game’s introduction, we’ve redesigned our website’s home page a bit to quickly provide the details that players have said they want. I’ve included an image of the new design below.
In the case of lotto games like Powerball® and Mega Millions®, you’ll now find on our home page the next estimated jackpot amount; winning numbers from the latest drawing; details about when and where the jackpot was last won; and a link where you can check your numbers. For InstaPlay progressive jackpot games, you’ll see the current jackpot amount – updated every two minutes – and details about when and where the jackpot was last won.
(March 28 update: The first jackpot in Jumbo Bucks Progressive has just been won! Someone bought a ticket winning a progressive jackpot of $5,918.40 today at Delimart, 1920 Lower Muscatine Road in Iowa City.)
Players have let us know that they like our InstaPlay progressive jackpots, so we hope you’ll have fun playing the new Jumbo Bucks Progressive!
I agree with Mark Chandler
Posted by: Bob Martin | April 06, 2017 at 07:47 PM
Hi, Barbara. Good to hear from you! I'll pass your comments regarding scratch tickets along to our I.T. crew. Appreciate the feedback!
Posted by: Mary Neubauer | April 03, 2017 at 04:20 PM
hello Mary..
I like the new page. I just wish that you guys would let us check our crossword tickets on here instead of going into the store. you know like when we put numbers in to get prizes or such. I just like checking my tickets at home. and some day I hope you do the thing that we can get stuff with our losing tickets like before. I love my tv and my grill.. just keep saving my losers!! (in hopes!) thanks Barb..
Posted by: barbara | April 01, 2017 at 01:36 PM
Hi, Mark. I'm glad to see this comment -- I appreciate your description of how you use the website. I will pass this along to our web team. Here is the back story of the changes that we made to the home page: Players over time had said they wanted to be able to see more information about our individual games all on one screen -- the jackpot, winning numbers, "last won" details and a link to check your numbers. It's basically a one-stop-shop approach for that particular game, and we understand why people would like that. The difficulty when it came to the previous design for the home page is that we couldn't fit all of that information for each game on the screen and still make the site usable. We would have had to make things so small that the info. wouldn't be readable. So, we redesigned the site to achieve the one-stop-shop approach for individual games. In doing so, you're right, as a visitor to the site, you do have to use another click to view a different game. It's a balancing act for sure, and as with most things in life, this exercise has proved that you can't please all of the people all of the time! :) But we'll keep working on things! Thank you again for your feedback.
Posted by: Mary Neubauer | March 30, 2017 at 10:25 AM
Hi Mary! This comment is not really about the new game, but more about your new front page. It's nice to have the updated look, but it's really more a "step backwards"... It was SO convenient to be able to hit the front page and get all of your numbers at one shot. Well, two shots I guess- that would have been nice to have fixed. If you are checking your numbers, which is what that area is for, you don't want to have to go clicking on a bunch of icons to have to find what you are searching for.
Just my 2 cents...
Thanks! Mark
Posted by: Mark Chandler | March 30, 2017 at 05:40 AM