We’re warming up our check-writing equipment after today’s Pick 4 midday drawing! The winning numbers were 1-1-1-1, and because duplicate combinations like that have always been popular in the game, there were a lot of big winners this afternoon.
If you’re familiar with the Pick 3 and Pick 4 games, you know that players in them like to play combinations like 7-7-7-7, 2-2-2-2, or, like today’s winning numbers, 1-1-1-1.
The stars aligned and those numbers hit today. The same thing happened with a 2-2-2-2 combination back in 2010.
Seven tickets across the state won prizes ranging from $6,000 up to $24,000 in today’s midday Pick 4 drawing, from Council Bluffs to Davenport. All of the plays were for a Straight bet, but the players involved bought them at different price points, and that resulted in different prizes being won. A Straight bet means the play wins if it matches all numbers in the EXACT ORDER drawn. Plays in Pick 4 start at 50 cents and go up to $5.
Winning ticket locations and prizes:
Quik Trip, 4801 NE 14th St. in Des Moines - $24,000
Bucky’s Express, 3501 Broadway Ave. in Council Bluffs - $18,000
Kum & Go, 2991 Sunset Drive in Norwalk - $6,000
Casey’s, 1650 E. Locust St. in Carter Lake - $6,000
Big 10 Mart, 5310 N. Brady St. in Davenport - $6,000
Big 10 Mart, 5310 N. Brady St. in Davenport - $6,000
Expresslane, 321 N. Division St. in Davenport - $6,000
In Iowa's Pick 4 game, players have 90 days to claim a prize from the date of the drawing.
It boggles my mind how the Pick 4 isn't the most played game the lottery offers. By far the best odds to win relevant money.
Your 1 dollar scratch ticket could win you $2000.00 at odds of 1 in 120,000. Your 1 dollar pick 4 will win you $6000.00 at odds of 1 in 10,000. Seems like a no brainer to me.
Posted by: Bob Robinson | July 24, 2018 at 01:01 PM
I'm crushed!!!! I'm so hurt!!!! I played 1111 since 2008; and out of all the days of playing it, it came out on the day I didn't play it...
Posted by: Andrea | July 23, 2018 at 03:45 PM