A Countdown Is Starting For Multi-Draw Tickets In Lotto America

With Monday drawings being added next month in Lotto America®, a countdown is starting on the number of drawings in the game for which you can buy tickets in advance. The countdown is a standard procedure when a major update is made in one of our lotto games, and it’s designed to ensure you have valid tickets.

Powerball® did it last year, and now Lotto America also is moving to drawings three nights a week on Monday, Wednesday and Saturday. The first Monday drawing in the game will be held on July 18.

In games like Lotto America, you can buy tickets for just one drawing at a time or for several drawings in a row. That decision is entirely up to you as the customer -- some people like to do their lottery shopping for multiple drawings all at once while others prefer to buy their tickets one at a time. When you buy plays for multiple drawings in advance, you have what is called a multi-draw ticket.

Normally, you can buy Lotto America tickets for up to 10 consecutive drawings in advance here in Iowa. But the countdown means that after tomorrow night’s drawing in the game, that number will be down to nine. And after Saturday’s drawing, it will be down to eight.

The countdown on advance plays will reach zero just before the first Monday drawing in the game. Once sales begin July 18 in the “new” Lotto America with three drawings each week, things will reset and you’ll be able to buy tickets for up to 10 drawings in advance again here in Iowa.

During the countdown period, if a clerk at a lottery terminal tries to process plays for drawings beyond the allowable date range, they’ll receive an error message stating: “Draw date not available for sale.” And if you try to purchase plays at a lottery self-service kiosk that are outside the available range, you’ll get an error message stating: “Out of valid draw range.”

Please note that the countdown on advance plays in Lotto America does not impact the advance plays available in our other lotto games. It’s a Lotto America-specific change that will be in place for the next month or so.

Comments

[Mary Neubauer]

Sure, Bryan. Happy to help. Thank you for playing!

[Mary Neubauer]

Hi, Kim. That is on our radar as well, so thank you for referencing it.

[Kim D Quinn]

Maybe since you keep changing these to 3 a week you should change the maximum amount you can purchase to make it more convenient for the purchaser to still be able to by a month's worth at a time. Just a thought

[Bryan Stewart]

I like the Lotto America game and will play on Mondays also.

Any chance you could send me a couple of those Keychain with the scratch ticket plastic scratcher on it? I play scratch tickets also. Thanks!!