REMINDER: All or Nothing Game Ends Tonight, Drawing Times Change Tomorrow For Pick 3 & Pick 4

Here’s a friendly reminder about some changes coming to three of our lotto games.

Today, the final drawings in the All or Nothing game will be held. Following tonight’s drawing, this game will end. All or Nothing has been offered in both Iowa and Minnesota since January 2014, and although it initially sold well, sales have tapered off over time.

Over the course of the game’s run, there were a total of 20 top prize winners; nine here in Iowa and 11 in Minnesota. (Of course, we could still add to this total with today’s midday and evening drawings.)

Also, starting tomorrow, the drawings in Iowa’s Pick 3 and Pick 4 games will be held at slightly different times from their current schedule and we’ll begin utilizing drawings with ball-drawing equipment for these games.

Effective tomorrow, midday Pick 3 and Pick 4 drawings will be held at approximately 12:20 p.m. (previously these drawings were held at about 12:50 p.m.). Evening Pick 3 and Pick 4 drawings will be held at approximately 10 p.m. (previously these drawings were held at about 8:50 p.m.).

Additionally, the sales cutoff times prior to the Pick 3 and Pick 4 drawings will be shortened to just 20 minutes from the current 50-minute delay.

Comments

[Mary Neubauer]

Hello, Ricka and Shavone. Please note the details in this blog post about the time change for the evening Pick 3 and Pick 4 drawings. They're now held at 10 p.m. and results are posted on our website after the drawings. Richard, the only lotto drawings televised live today are those for Powerball and Mega Millions. As technology has allowed more and more options for receiving drawings results through the years, televised results for our smaller games were discontinued.

[Ricka]

Wats the evenin pick 3 and pick 4

[Shavone Turnquest]

What was the evening pick 3 and 4

[Richard E Fowler]

I really would like to see your machines that draws the balls for the Pick 3 & Pick 4 games. Will they'll be live drawing of those 2 games anytime in the near future?

[Mary Neubauer]

Hi, Ryan. Here in Iowa, you can buy tickets for up to 16 consecutive drawings at a time, so up to 8 days' worth of drawings at a time. It would likely be best to use a play slip to buy those plays or load the plays on the Iowa Lottery app on your phone so you'll have all of the details ready to go that you may need to make the purchase. Pick 3 and Pick 4 both have a lot of detail to them and using a play slip can help your transaction go more smoothly.