Here’s a clarification we’ve shared with some players this week who didn’t know why they couldn’t enter their tickets into the Lotto America® Play It Again Promotion® with a total of $100,000 in prizes on the line. It’s the purchase date that determines a ticket’s eligibility for entry, not the drawing date.
Since Monday morning, lottery players in Iowa have been able to enter eligible Lotto America tickets into the promotion where we’ll give away a total of 33 prizes, including a top prize of $20,000. That promotion drawing will be held on March 31.
(And you likely already know this, but the promotion drawing is separate from the Lotto America game drawings, which are held each Wednesday and Saturday.)
We’ve been contacted by some players who thought they should be able to enter their tickets in the promotion and were confused by the “ineligible” messages they received.
It turns out that they were referencing the wrong date.
In a game like Lotto America, the drawing date you’ve purchased the ticket for is in large font in the center, just above the plays you bought. And while players sometimes buy their tickets on same day as the game drawing involved, that’s not always the case. Many times, they buy their plays in advance – and the purchase date is what applies for the promotion.
The purchase date is in the upper right corner of the ticket, in a year-month-date format. You can also see the exact time that the ticket was printed. Lotto America tickets purchased on or after March 1 are eligible for entry into the promotion.
Be sure to double-check the purchase date on any tickets you want to enter in the promotion!
Hey Pam guess what?? New people running the Lottery won't change the odds of winning! The fact remains that where ever the most tickets are sold will have the most winners! Want to test this fact out?? Here's a simple experiment you can do to prove it, and have some fun!
Buy 30 of any tickets you want and see how many winners you get?
Then buy 5 of any tickets you like and see how many winners you get?
The odds are always going to lean to more tickets purchased equals more winners.
If you buy tickets in Wisconsin from an area that is a
"Hot Spot" then Lucky You?
I'd say if you don't have fun playing Lottery then stop playing
Posted by: Kevin Pidima | March 18, 2022 at 02:14 PM
We need new people running the Iowa Lottery. I play in Wisconsin during the summer and they beat Iowa 150%. Also I have never heard of anyone from the small town's around us win in any of your promotions even though we buy our tickets in the City. So don't give me your lame excuses.
Posted by: Pam Hines | March 14, 2022 at 10:43 AM
A nice player friendly rule on this "Play it Again" contest is the fact that ALL tickets, not just non-winners but winning tickets too are eligible to enter.
GOOD LUCK EVERYONE!!!!
Posted by: Kevin Pidima | March 12, 2022 at 03:28 PM
A while ago you told us to start saving our tickets, you never mentioned that they wouldn't be considered. I had to throw out tickets we saved because the dates were wrong. Please inform us what dates you want saved.
Posted by: Dorothy Omann | March 12, 2022 at 12:46 PM