A Des Moines man now has bragging rights, claiming the largest InstaPlay jackpot in Iowa!
Brad Carter of Des Moines claimed the prize of $443,507 today. He won it in the Super 7s Progressive InstaPlay game with a ticket he bought after washing his van.
Brad said he probably checked the results of his ticket seven times, then asked his wife, his kids and his in-laws to check it. He said that until someone confirms it, you’re just in shock.
Brad bought his winning ticket yesterday at Quik Trip, 849 Army Post Road in Des Moines. He said he took the ticket home to play it, then called his wife to share the news, but was too emotional to talk! Angel Carter said she was worried at first that Brad had reinjured the knee he recently hurt, but he was eventually able to tell her the good news.
Angel said she went right home after that to double-check the ticket and share in the disbelief and excitement.
The couple is still figuring out what to do with their InstaPlay winnings. Angel says a larger kitchen would be nice, the question is whether that would be at their current house or a new one!
This is Brad Carter’s second big InstaPlay win. He claimed a progressive jackpot of $28,840 in a different game in January 2022.
The previous record for an InstaPlay prize was a jackpot of $303,674 in the Extreme Green Progressive game in January 2022.
Jackpots in the Iowa Lottery’s progressive InstaPlay games have a starting amount and then grow with each ticket sold statewide until they’re won. The prize amount involved varies with the purchase price of the game.
For example, the jackpot in the $1 Loose Change Progressive InstaPlay game starts at $650 and grows by 8 cents with each ticket sold statewide until it’s won. Conversely, the jackpot in the $5 Jumbo Bucks Progressive InstaPlay game starts at $5,000 and grows by 35 cents with each ticket sold.
In the $30 Super 7s Progressive InstaPlay game, the jackpot starts at $50,000 and grows by $3 with each ticket sold.
Hello again, Zap. Just to clarify, what you have written in your comment is untrue. The previous jackpot winner in the Super 7s Progressive InstaPlay game -- the prize amount involved was $139,481 -- the winner purchased the ticket at a store in Cedar Rapids. In the Extreme Green Progressive InstaPlay game, there have been jackpot winners in the past couple years from Keokuk, Corning, Dunlap, De Witt, Clear Lake, Robins, Missouri Valley, Denmark, Saint Donatus, Corydon, Cedar Falls, Burlington ... the list of places outside of the Des Moines area goes on. InstaPlay games have been offered in Iowa since 2016, and if all the jackpot winners in the games through the years would have been from the Des Moines area, there would be something wrong. But there have been InstaPlay prize winners from all across the state, reflecting that winning tickets are purchased by winners from many different areas in Iowa.
Posted by: Mary Neubauer | February 09, 2023 at 10:25 AM
Oh WOW lets map this one Iowa Lottery. since the start of these "instant" games, if you look on the record, every one of the big jackpots that go on these games are won in Des Moines..oh gee I am soooo surprised Someone won this big one from Des Moines!"??? there has only been one ticket won in davenport for a big chance on these instance tickets, and I do believer perhaps maybe and I am strechting the m a y b e another one who won who does not reside near des moines, but this instant game outside of Des Moines, is a loosing very loosing bet. If there has been ten winners in total of the big prizes, 8 winners came from within minutes of the head quarters of Iowa lottery or from des moines..a very loosing lottery bet outside of Des Moines, spend your dollars on a instant scratch if not living in Des Moines vs paying to get another des moines resident wealthy the way the Iowa Lottery corners the winners to keep the money close to home. Second chance drawings also make it clear how this lottery is operating. Just map it..200 prizes and 179 from just des moines or with in an hour of iowa headwquarters. its hard to believe that the only second chance players live in des moines neighborhood, you get five people in one draw who won from des moines area, and then only two from the other side of the state.. common someone submits over 700 second chance tickets doesn't get picked for anything but 179 people had more tickets in the pot than someone on the other side of Iowa truly something is fishing when this many prizes and big wins comeing from Des Moines when multiple people are winning from urbandale, Pleasantville, map it confirms exactly what I am saying...its all rigged to stay close to Des Moines if possible
Posted by: zap | February 09, 2023 at 08:29 AM