Entries have ended in the “Woo Hoo A Million For You Giveaway,” and the prize drawing to determine the $1 million winner will be tomorrow!
Iowa Powerball players made a total of 165,265 entries in the promotion during its three-week entry period that closed at 8:59 a.m. today. I’d say the possibility of winning a $1 million prize in an Iowa-only promotion definitely caught people’s attention!
You’ll obviously want to know who won the big prize as quickly as possible – and we want that, too! Just know that behind the scenes, there are layers of security protocols involved and details that have to be double-checked. We do our best to complete the process as quickly as possible, but that work takes some time.
That’s why in the rules for the promotion, we explain that we’ll post the winner’s name on the lottery website by the end of the day on Thursday, or as soon as the information is available. We’ll announce the details just as soon as we can!
We’ll reach out directly to the $1 million winner at the email address provided in their VIP Club account and we’ll also call that person.
There’s no annuity option for the $1 million prize in the promotion, meaning that the winner will receive a check from the lottery for the net prize amount after withholdings. Here in Iowa, 24 percent federal withholding applies (which in the case of the $1 million prize is $240,000) along with 5 percent state withholding ($50,000 in this instance), so the winner will receive a prize check from the Iowa Lottery for $710,000.
The winner will need to claim the prize in person at lottery headquarters in Clive by 4 p.m. on June 27. Good luck to everyone in tomorrow’s drawing, and thank you for playing!
Hi, Walter. Great minds think alike! We gave away Iowa's portion of that Hot Lotto jackpot clear back in 2012. The promotion in which we gave away the prize was called "Mystery Millionaire" and we held a live event on the Grand Concourse of the Iowa State Fair to determine the biggest winners in that promotion. It was such an awesome day! Here is a link to our YouTube video of that event at the 2012 State Fair: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwAe1hG2zDo
Posted by: Mary Neubauer | June 21, 2019 at 09:22 AM
This has been a great promotion, and I can think of a way you can do something like this again...You can start by giving away the prize (or portion thereof that Iowa received back) that was stolen from the players by the actions of Mr. Tipton. That might restore some faith in players who are still appalled by what happened. I understand games have rules, and that game is no longer, but what ever happened to that prize money?? Might be a chance to sell more Lotto America tickets?!?
Posted by: walter goldberg | June 19, 2019 at 06:40 PM
Huge CONGRATULATIONS to the winners! Who Hoo!!!!
Posted by: Wanda Henry | June 19, 2019 at 04:18 PM
Congratulations to the winners!!
Posted by: Cindy Carlson | June 19, 2019 at 03:43 PM
Hi, everyone. The results of our promotion drawing today are posted now. A group of co-workers in an office pool at a Cedar Rapids company won the $1 million prize. An Anamosa woman had made the promotion entry on behalf of the office pool. Thank you for everyone who entered and joined in this fun moment with us!
Posted by: Mary Neubauer | June 19, 2019 at 03:32 PM