We’re taking a trip down memory lane because tomorrow is National Old Stuff Day!
That’s according to the National Day Calendar™, the website that tracks unusual and unique national days and has a day for just about everything.
According to the explanation given, National Old Stuff Day is a time to acknowledge the history in our lives, but at the same time, break out of our old routines and try something new.
So, to celebrate the history of the Iowa Lottery, we’re looking back to our very first game ever, which hit store shelves on Aug. 22, 1985, the day the lottery started. The $1 scratch game was called “Scratch, Match & Win!” and it was the only product we had at the time. More than 1.1 million tickets were sold in the lottery’s first four hours.
And below is a photo taken in the lead-up to the lottery’s start, with one of our staffers from back then posing in a “money bags” costume that was part of the start-up celebration. My, oh my, how time flies!
Fast forward to today, and the Iowa Lottery has four product lines: scratch games, lotto games, InstaPlay games and pull-tab games. We do our best to have a mix of games in the marketplace because we know that variety is the spice of life these days!
In keeping with the theme of Old Stuff Day, we’ll go on thinking about new game and prize ideas so the lottery can keep bringing you entertainment options while doing our best to raise proceeds for the state causes that benefit us all.
You got it, Sheri! :)
Posted by: Mary Neubauer | March 08, 2019 at 03:26 PM
Old stuff is not so bad. Us oldies are alright we keep things going.....so keep those oldies coming
Posted by: Sheri Wetjen | March 02, 2019 at 12:21 PM