For the second time this year, the Iowa Lottery and Hawkeye Sports Properties have teamed up for a Hawkeye™-themed scratch game and promotion, with the focus now on basketball and wrestling.
The exclusive “Hawkeye Gold” scratch game debuted Oct. 10, and the Countdown to Carver™ promotion built around the game has opened for entries today. The promotion offers ticket prize packages for coveted seats this season at ALL Iowa men’s and women’s home basketball games and Iowa men’s home wrestling meets. The promo also will give away ticket prize packages to the Hawkeye men’s and women’s basketball doubleheader Dec. 16 at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines.
Tickets in the $5 Hawkeye Gold scratch game have a bright gold background and feature a large image on the front of the distinctive Iowa Tigerhawk™ logo. As with this year’s initial Iowa-themed scratch game, Hawkeye Gold tickets offer players the chance to win cash prizes ranging from $5 up to $50,000.
Iowa Lottery players who don’t win an instant prize on their Hawkeye Gold scratch ticket can enter it into the Countdown to Carver promotion for a chance to win ticket prize packages for upcoming Iowa sports events, including the sold-out season of the Hawkeye women’s basketball team.
As of today, a total of 112 ticket prize packages will be given away in the promotion. More may be added as the full-season schedule for Iowa men’s wrestling becomes available!
Some of the prize packages will be for seats in the all-new, private Iowa Lottery Terrace in Carver-Hawkeye Arena™ with food, water and soda provided. Ohers will be for general tickets in the arena. Still others will be for the Iowa basketball doubleheader in Des Moines, with seats in a VIP suite at Wells Fargo Arena with food, water and soda provided.
Players will select the ticket prize package and event of their choice at the time they make an entry in the promotion.
The promotion’s entry period opened this morning and continues through 9:59 a.m. on Feb. 5, 2024. There will be five drawing dates in the promotion to award ticket prize packages for events throughout the upcoming college basketball and wrestling seasons.
To enter the promotion, players must join or already be members of the Iowa Lottery’s free VIP Club. Players can visit the lottery’s website at ialottery.com to enter the promotion or scan an eligible ticket with the Iowa Lottery’s mobile app to enter. As you enter, please pay close attention to the entry deadlines involved. The events earlier in the season will be closed to promotion entries once the applicable deadline has passed.
Here is a list of the ticket prize packages that will be given away in the Countdown to Carver promotion:
Oct. 26 drawing date
12 ticket prize packages awarded
9 Iowa Women’s Basketball prize packages
2 VIP prize packages with 4 tickets each on the private Iowa Lottery Terrace for these women’s basketball games: Fairleigh Dickinson-Iowa on Nov. 6; Kansas St.-Iowa on Nov. 16; and Drake-Iowa on Nov. 19. Complimentary food, water and soda with waitstaff service will be provided at the seats. Each prize package includes a parking pass and branded merchandise.
1 prize package of 4 arena-seat tickets, $100 spending money and a parking pass for these Iowa women’s basketball games: Fairleigh Dickinson-Iowa on Nov. 6; Kansas St.-Iowa on Nov. 16; and Drake-Iowa on Nov. 19.
3 Iowa Men’s Basketball prize packages
1 prize package of 4 arena-seat tickets, $100 spending money and a parking pass for these Iowa men’s basketball games: N. Dakota-Iowa on Nov. 7; Alabama St.-Iowa on Nov. 10; and Arkansas St.-Iowa on Nov. 17.
Nov. 16 drawing date
28 ticket prize packages awarded
15 Iowa Women’s Basketball prize packages
2 VIP prize packages with 4 tickets each on the private Iowa Lottery Terrace for these women’s basketball games: Bowling Green-Iowa on Dec. 2; and Loyola-Chicago-Iowa on Dec. 21. Complimentary food, water and soda with waitstaff service will be provided at the seats. Each prize package includes a parking pass and branded merchandise.
1 prize package of 4 arena-seat tickets, $100 spending money and a parking pass for these Iowa women’s basketball games: Bowling Green-Iowa on Dec. 2; and Loyola-Chicago-Iowa on Dec. 21.
9 VIP prize packages with 2 tickets each in a VIP suite at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines for the Iowa basketball doubleheader on Dec. 16 with food, water and soda provided in the suite along with branded merchandise. The featured doubleheader games are Cleveland St.-Iowa for the women and Florida A&M-Iowa for the men. Prize-package winners will be able to enjoy both games.
12 Iowa Men’s Basketball prize packages
1 prize package of 4 arena-seat tickets, $100 spending money and a parking pass for these Iowa men’s basketball games: N. Florida-Iowa on Nov. 29; Michigan-Iowa on Dec. 10; and UMBC-Iowa on Dec. 20.
9 VIP prize packages with 2 tickets each in a VIP suite at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines for the Iowa basketball doubleheader on Dec. 16 with food, water and soda provided in the suite along with branded merchandise. The featured doubleheader games are Cleveland St.-Iowa for the women and Florida A&M-Iowa for the men. Prize-package winners will be able to enjoy both games.
1 Iowa Men’s Wrestling prize package
1 prize package of 4 arena-seat tickets, $100 spending money and a parking pass for the Columbia-Iowa men’s wrestling meets on Dec. 8.
Dec. 14 drawing date
17 ticket prize packages awarded
12 Iowa Women’s Basketball prize packages
2 VIP prize packages with 4 tickets each on the private Iowa Lottery Terrace for these women’s basketball games: Minnesota-Iowa on Dec. 30; Michigan St.-Iowa on Jan. 2; Indiana-Iowa on Jan. 13; and Wisconsin-Iowa on Jan. 16. Complimentary food, water and soda with waitstaff service will be provided at the seats. Each prize package includes a parking pass and branded merchandise.
1 prize package of 4 arena-seat tickets, $100 spending money and a parking pass for these Iowa women’s basketball games: Minnesota-Iowa on Dec. 30; Michigan St.-Iowa on Jan. 2; Indiana-Iowa on Jan. 13; and Wisconsin-Iowa on Jan. 16.
3 Iowa Men’s Basketball prize packages
1 prize package of 4 arena-seat tickets, $100 spending money and a parking pass for these Iowa men’s basketball games: N. Illinois-Iowa on Dec. 29; Rutgers-Iowa on Jan. 6; and Nebraska-Iowa on Jan. 12.
2 Iowa Men’s Wrestling prize packages
1 prize package of 4 arena-seat tickets, $100 spending money and a parking pass for these Iowa men’s wrestling meets: Minnesota-Iowa on Jan. 15 and Purdue-Iowa on Jan. 19.
Jan. 9, 2024, drawing date
30 ticket prize packages awarded
9 Iowa Women’s Basketball prize packages
2 VIP prize packages with 4 tickets each on the private Iowa Lottery Terrace for these women’s basketball games: Nebraska-Iowa on Jan. 27; Penn St.-Iowa on Feb. 8; and Michigan-Iowa on Feb. 15. Complimentary food, water and soda with waitstaff service will be provided at the seats. Each prize package includes a parking pass and branded merchandise.
1 prize package of 4 arena-seat tickets, $100 spending money and a parking pass for these Iowa women’s basketball games: Nebraska-Iowa on Jan. 27; Penn St.-Iowa on Feb. 8; and Michigan-Iowa on Feb. 15.
8 Iowa Men’s Basketball prize packages
4 VIP prize packages with 4 tickets each on the private Iowa Lottery Terrace for the Purdue-Iowa men’s basketball game on Jan. 20. Complimentary food, water and soda with waitstaff service will be provided at the seats. Each prize package includes a parking pass and branded merchandise.
1 prize package of 4 arena-seat tickets, $100 spending money and a parking pass for these Iowa men’s basketball games: Purdue-Iowa on Jan. 20; Maryland-Iowa on Jan. 24; Ohio St.-Iowa on Feb. 2; and Minnesota-Iowa on Feb. 11.
13 Iowa Men’s Wrestling prize packages
12 prize packages of 4 tickets each on the private Iowa Lottery Terrace for the Penn St.-Iowa meet on Feb. 9. Complimentary food, water and soda with waitstaff service will be provided at the seats. Each prize package includes a parking pass and branded merchandise.
1 prize package of 4 arena-seat tickets, $100 spending money and a parking pass for the Penn St.-Iowa meet on Feb. 9.
Feb. 6, 2024, drawing date
26 ticket prize packages awarded
6 Iowa Women’s Basketball prize packages
2 VIP prize packages with 4 tickets each on the private Iowa Lottery Terrace for these women’s basketball games: Illinois-Iowa on Feb. 25; and Ohio St.-Iowa on March 3. Complimentary food, water and soda with waitstaff service will be provided at the seats. Each prize package includes a parking pass and branded merchandise.
1 prize package of 4 arena-seat tickets, $100 spending money and a parking pass for these Iowa women’s basketball games: Illinois-Iowa on Feb. 25; and Ohio St.-Iowa on March 3.
7 Iowa Men’s Basketball prize packages
4 VIP prize packages with 4 tickets each on the private Iowa Lottery Terrace for the Wisconsin-Iowa men’s basketball game on Feb. 17. Complimentary food, water and soda with waitstaff service will be provided at the seats. Each prize package includes a parking pass and branded merchandise.
1 prize package of 4 arena-seat tickets, $100 spending money and a parking pass for these Iowa men’s basketball games: Wisconsin-Iowa on Feb. 17; Penn St.-Iowa on Feb. 27; and Illinois-Iowa on March 10.
13 Iowa Men’s Wrestling prize packages
12 prize packages of 4 tickets each on the private Iowa Lottery Terrace for the Wisconsin-Iowa meet on Feb. 18. Complimentary food, water and soda with waitstaff service will be provided at the seats. Each prize package includes a parking pass and branded merchandise.
1 prize package of 4 arena-seat tickets, $100 spending money and a parking pass for the Wisconsin-Iowa meet on Feb. 18.