To Put It Simply: Thank You!

The world-record jackpot drawing has been held, things have quieted down a little, and we’re stopping to simply say: Thank you.

Thank you for buying tickets, thank you for being part of this Powerball® moment, thank you for playing responsibly, thank you for having fun.

Some numbers really jumped out when I looked back at the drawings in the world-record jackpot run that just ended. Remember that the jackpot started growing in early August and kept rolling through dozens of drawings until it was finally won in the drawing for Nov. 7.

During the world-record Powerball run, Iowa Lottery players won millions of prizes, including:

• 1 prize of $2 million
• 1 prize of $1 million
• 1 prize of $250,000
• 1 prize of $200,000
• 2 prizes of $150,000
• 2 prizes of $100,000
• 12 prizes of $50,000.

Some of those prizes are still waiting to be claimed, so if you have a ticket, please go check it! You could be the winner of a significant prize. But no matter what, your Powerball purchases have made a difference for Iowa causes.

So, thank you.

Comments

[Mary Neubauer]

Hello. We do sometimes hear the comment that you have made about the jackpot, but people vote with their pocketbooks on this issue. Sales in games like Powerball and Mega Millions follow the jackpot up. The higher the jackpot goes, the higher sales go, and that in turn pushes the jackpot even higher. Lottery players' behavior indicates that a whole lot of people do indeed want to play for a jackpot as big as we saw last week.

[WHAT IF]

IMAGINE: 1000 people winning a 1 million dollar jackpot instead of 1 person winning 1 billion.

Might actually get even more people to play and spread those tax dollars around to other states as well as changing the lives of thousands instead of just one person.