Our blog post last month highlighting the remaining prizes list on the lottery’s website led to this blog entry today after a player question. A player named Billy reviewed the list and asked what will happen when all the progressive jackpots have been claimed in the Cherry Twist Progressive InstaPlay game.
The answer to Billy’s question highlights the unique nature of InstaPlay games, and how they combine features from both scratch and lotto games.
If you go to the remaining prizes list, you’ll see that 93 of the progressive jackpots in the game have been claimed with three still to go. But Cherry Twist Progressive won’t end when all the jackpots have been won.
The prizes shown on the list are for the tickets released to date in Cherry Twist Progressive. Over time, as the supply of tickets in particular InstaPlay games has been purchased, the lottery has ordered more tickets. When that happens, players will notice that the available prizes increase along with the new supply of tickets. The tickets currently available in Cherry Twist Progressive are actually the third re-order in that game. We anticipate that the fourth round of tickets in the game will hit the market in the near future.
That same situation sometimes applies in scratch games. If a particular scratch game is popular, the lottery can order additional tickets to keep it available in the marketplace, knowing that customers like it.
no the real question is why are nearly all of the instant win tickets being won in the des moines area and fifty miles from the lottery headquarters. There are I believe three tickets sold as winners in towns not even close to des moines other wise in tracking the map here lately and since the instant game started all jackpots won are in des moines Just like the scratch ticket winners for this month, only two from cedar rapids the rest from des moines and in des moines area. I believe to better ones odds at this lottery game you just find a store with in fifty miles of the lottery headquarter to buy any and all winning scratch ticket that are big winners and instant games.
Posted by: nifty165 | March 23, 2021 at 07:50 AM
Hi, Barbara. No decision has been made yet in the discussions about possible changes to the Powerball game. The lotteries in the game continue to proactively explore ideas that could expand the pool of eligible players, control operational costs, and increase sales through jackpot growth. One of those options is licensing the sale of Powerball in select international jurisdictions. There's no defined timetable for a decision, but it does make good business sense for the Powerball Product Group to continue exploring potential ideas.
Since its start back in 1992, the Powerball game has been updated several times to meet player expectations and deliver consistent revenue to important state causes. And at the Iowa Lottery, we've been upfront about the ongoing market challenges to our portfolio of lotto games, which existed even before the onset of the COVID-10 public health emergency.
We'll provide updates if decisions are made about updates to Powerball or any of our lotto games!
Posted by: Mary Neubauer | March 18, 2021 at 11:27 AM
When is the Powerball going to be open to Australia and other countries outside of the US? How will that change the Powerball?
Posted by: Barbara | March 13, 2021 at 12:12 AM