Our live game show at the Iowa State Fair is just a week away, and we’ve got big news about it: If you’re in the audience that day, you’ll have a chance to win up to $50,000!
So how can you have a shot at the audience prizes? First, you’ll need to be at the 2024 Iowa State Fair on its opening day, Thursday, Aug. 8. Then, you’ll need to register to be an audience member. And most importantly, you’ll need to be at the Cash Fever game show when it's held live on the Grand Concourse.
The 20 lottery players who will be contestants on the Cash Fever game show are each guaranteed to win at least $10,000. And the final contestant that day will win at least $500,000, with a chance at a prize of up to $5 million.
Now we’re excited to announce that during the game show, we’ll give away two prizes of $5,000 and one prize of $50,000 to those in the audience!
As the game show begins at 5:30 p.m. next Thursday, we’ll give away a prize of $5,000 to an audience member. After the show’s first round, we’ll give away another prize of $5,000. And just before the show heads into its final round, we’ll give away a $50,000 prize to an audience member!
We’ll be registering audience members for the game show from 2-4 p.m. on Aug. 8 in front of the Fair Administration Building on the Grand Concourse. I’ve marked that spot on the map below, and it’s where the game show also will be held. We’ll keep registering folks until 1,200 audience members have been registered or time runs out, whichever comes first.
We’ll give each registered audience member a free ticket in our “Iowa State Fair” scratch game! You can only register once to be an audience member.
Then, to be eligible to win an audience prize, you’ll need to be on the Grand Concourse for the game show. When we announce an audience member’s name as a prize winner, that person will have 2 minutes to identify themselves to a lottery representative at the show. We expect it will be pretty easy to see the winner as they’re smiling and celebrating! But in any case, we’ll have lottery folks with flags around the perimeter of the audience section, so the winners can see them.
If the winner doesn’t come forward within the 2 minutes allowed, we’ll move on and call another audience member’s name for the prize. We’ll try a maximum of three times to award each prize.
We hope this added excitement gets you even more amped up to join us next week at the Iowa State Fair! See you there!
Hi, Kendall. It will not be televised or streamed live online, but we will have updates on social media throughout the day and evening to let folks know what is going on! We also will have a video package on our website and on social media to recap all the fun of the game show and provide details about who won what prizes!
Posted by: Mary Neubauer | August 08, 2024 at 09:01 AM
Will you be able to watch it online or TV?
Posted by: Kendall | August 07, 2024 at 06:55 PM
Hello, MamaB. Yes, kids can be in the audience that day. The lottery game show at the Iowa State Fair will be in a public setting where anyone in the area will be able to see it happening. Children can be in the audience, but they can't register for a chance to win one of the audience prizes. Only those at least 21 years of age can register.
Posted by: Mary Neubauer | August 07, 2024 at 12:03 PM
Hi, Amanda. Yes, they can watch the show with you! The lottery game show at the Iowa State Fair will be in a public setting where anyone in the area will be able to see it happening. Children can be in the audience, but you are correct: They can't register for a chance to win one of the audience prizes. Only those at least 21 years of age can register.
Posted by: Mary Neubauer | August 07, 2024 at 12:01 PM
Hi, Deb. The lottery game show at the Iowa State Fair will be in a public setting where anyone in the area will be able to see it happening. Children can be in the audience, but you are correct: They can't register to have a chance to win one of the audience prizes. Only those at least 21 years of age can register.
Posted by: Mary Neubauer | August 07, 2024 at 11:58 AM