Playing Powerball® right now brings some extra fun to the mix. You’ll of course have a shot at the game’s big jackpots, and for the next three weeks, you can enter your Powerball tickets in the Powerball First Millionaire of the Year® promotion for a chance at 20 Iowa prizes of $2,500 cash plus the possibility of becoming the first Powerball millionaire of 2022!
The Powerball First Millionaire of the Year promotion started at 10 a.m. today, and the entry period runs through the morning of Sept. 28. Any Iowa Powerball ticket purchased on or after Sept. 1 is eligible for entry (winning and nonwinning tickets can both be entered).
Please note this important detail: Simply buying a Powerball ticket during the promotion period won’t automatically get you entered. You’ll need to buy a Powerball ticket in Iowa and then enter that ticket into the promotion through your VIP Club account. (Click here to join if you’re not already a member.)
Each eligible Powerball ticket entered will count as one entry into the promotion, regardless of the number of plays on it or how many drawings those plays may span.
We’ll hold the drawing Sept. 30 to determine the 20 Iowa winners of $2,500 cash. Each of those winners will also be eligible to become one of the five finalists nationwide for the Powerball First Millionaire of the Year drawing. The five national finalists will each receive a Celebrate@Home prize package valued at $20,000 and one of those finalists will be chosen as the $1 million winner as the First Powerball Millionaire of the Year.
Just after the ball drops to bring in the New Year, Powerball’s First Millionaire of the Year will be announced live on the broadcast of “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve.” And yes, it could be you!
Hi, Barbara. Thank you for reaching out here on the blog -- and for entering our VIP Club promotions! I can tell you that in general, our drawings start around 10 a.m., but the process actually takes a few hours to complete. After the entries are initially selected, our Security folks then conduct their reviews to ensure among other things that the entries came from eligible games, and that the people involved aren't on the lottery's prohibited players lists. I think people have the impression that the drawing takes just a minute or two and then the information would be ready to go, but the behind-the-scenes work takes much longer to complete, and the work of our security folks can't be shown on camera. I hope that helps answer your question!
Posted by: Mary Neubauer | September 23, 2021 at 11:41 AM
Hi, Shirley. I apologize, I did not seen your comment when it first came in. To enter tickets into a promotion using the Iowa Lottery's mobile app, you'll need to click on the "VIP Club" tab on the home page and then sign into your VIP Club account. Once you have signed in, links will be on the screen for the current lottery promotions. You referenced wanting to enter a Powerball ticket, which tells me that you are looking for the "Powerball First Millionaire of the Year" promotion. The link to enter it will be on the screen once you have logged into you VIP Club account on the mobile app.
Posted by: Mary Neubauer | September 23, 2021 at 11:28 AM
I wish we could know when (the time--we know the date) you draw the winner (s) from the VIP entries--play it again--or even watch you draw the winners online.... It would be fun to see the process and how it happens on the Iowa Lottery's end. (for these contests)
Can you make that happen for this contest? (and future Play -it-Again contests???
Posted by: Barbara Stanislav | September 12, 2021 at 03:32 PM
I don't see on the app where to enter your Powerball ticket
Posted by: Shirley Wenner | September 08, 2021 at 03:50 PM