Cashing and Checking of Powerball Tickets Currently Suspended in Iowa

Please be aware that the cashing and checking of Powerball® tickets are currently suspended in Iowa.

While last night’s Powerball drawing was correctly conducted, an error caused incorrect winning numbers for the drawing to be reported on the Iowa Lottery’s statewide gaming system, website and winning numbers telephone line.

The incorrect results were available from about 12:30 a.m. to 7:15 a.m. today. Lottery staffers noticed the error and disabled the results for the drawing on the lottery’s statewide gaming system about 7:15 a.m. today.

The results of last night’s Powerball drawing also are currently removed from the Iowa Lottery website. The image you can see here provides the CORRECT winning numbers for last night’s Powerball drawing.  

The Iowa Lottery is working to reprocess the Iowa results of last night’s Powerball drawing. We anticipate that work will take until midday today to complete. Cashing of Powerball tickets will remain suspended during that time.

Any players who try to scan or cash a Powerball ticket this morning in Iowa will receive this message: “Draw has not occurred, more draws remain.”    

We will provide another update when the cashing of Powerball tickets has resumed.

Comments

[Mary Neubauer]

Hi, Teresa. Lottery Security continues to investigate exactly what occurred, and we will provide more information when we have it. As soon as the error was discovered early Tuesday, we removed the incorrect information from our statewide gaming system and website. As long as human beings are involved in any process, we know that mistakes can happen.

[Teresa Kilts]

What error? Sounds suspicious