Head’s up in the Quad Cities! A $50,000 Powerball® prize won months ago in Bettendorf will expire in less than a week if it isn’t claimed in time.
The $50,000-winning ticket was purchased at Kwik Star, 2283 53rd Ave. in Bettendorf. It matched 4 of the 5 white balls and the Powerball in the game’s July 29 drawing to win a $50,000 prize. The winning numbers that night were: 11-27-30-33-44 and Powerball 16.
The prize will expire next Monday (Jan. 27) if it isn’t claimed in time. So if you've got a ticket you haven't checked yet, the clock is ticking!
The $50,000 prize can be claimed at any Iowa Lottery office, and our prize-claim hours are 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday-Friday. So the functional deadline for this prize to be claimed is before 4 p.m. next Monday.
Players in Iowa have 180 days from the date of the drawing to claim Powerball prizes. If the prize expiration date falls on a weekend or holiday when lottery offices are closed, the winner has until the close of business on the next business day to turn in the ticket.
The money from lottery prizes won in Iowa that expire without being claimed goes into the lottery's prize pools for future games and promotions, so it will be used to pay prizes, just not those prizes that have expired.
In the last fiscal year (FY 2024), nearly $5 million in lotto and InstaPlay prizes expired in Iowa without being claimed.
If you have questions about the unclaimed prize in Bettendorf, please feel free to reach out to us at the lottery at 515-725-7900 or [email protected].
Hi, John. Your eyes must have skipped over that detail in the blog entry. No worries, here it is again: The money from lottery prizes won in Iowa that expire without being claimed goes into the lottery's prize pools for future games and promotions, so it will be used to pay prizes, just not those prizes that have expired.
Posted by: Mary Neubauer | January 23, 2025 at 08:23 AM
Where does money from unclaimed tickets go?
Posted by: John Pospisil | January 22, 2025 at 05:55 PM