We’ve gotten the same questions from a few different players about our “Holiday Cash Bash” promotion, so I’ll provide the answers here to share the details with everyone.
The specifics apply to any ticket you’ve entered in an Iowa Lottery promotion through your VIP Club account.
Some players have asked if they need to keep their tickets after they’ve entered them into the promotion. As in, will I need to present the ticket to claim a prize I might win in the promotion?
The short answer is no, you don’t need to keep a ticket for promotion purposes. Entering an eligible ticket into one of our promotions meets the requirement of presenting that ticket to the lottery. So, you don’t need to keep the ticket after you’ve entered it.
A couple folks also have asked if they could mail their tickets to the lottery for the promotion. The answer in that case is no. Entries into our promotions need to be made online, either through the Iowa Lottery’s website or by using our mobile app.
It’s been more than 13 years since any Iowa Lottery promotions have involved the mailing in of tickets. Our players have let us know that they prefer the convenience and time savings of online entry, so that’s what we have offered since 2009.
Hi, Zap. You are correct that our holiday games are being switched out right now with regular games. The holiday-themed games are specifically designed for sale during the holiday season and once the holidays have passed, the games are pulled from the market. We also want to ensure that the games have ended before the deadline for entries into the holiday promotion.
Posted by: Mary Neubauer | January 06, 2023 at 12:07 PM
One Question: This is occurring now in Johnson county area, but we still have several days until the cutoff period for entering the second chance holiday bash drawing, however it appears many of the retailers in my area I trade with are pulling all the holiday tickets out of the rack and placing non holiday tickets. There's no way that all the TOP big prizes of these holiday tickets have all been won with in the past five days to tell the retailers they can't sell a game that no max prize exists any more, but why are these retailers pulling out the holiday tickets when there are still tickets available to buy. Nothing like taking the WOOHOO out of my second chance opportunities
Posted by: zap | January 06, 2023 at 10:07 AM