We all know it gets cold in Iowa in November, but I don’t think any of us expected the frigid temperatures that greeted our “Tail Gator” winners – and everyone else – at this weekend’s football games! Yoiks, it was COLD on Saturday!
The pictures from the day show that our winners were definitely dressed warmly! We saw lots of stocking caps, blankets, heavy coats – in short, cold-weather gear galore! And that’s smart. We hope that everyone enjoyed the games despite what Mother Nature brought our way!
Thanks again to everyone who entered the Tail Gator promotion and congrats to the winners.
Tail Gator Promotion
November 25, 2013
November 06, 2013
Winners Announced In 'Tail Gator' Drawings!
September 10, 2013
“Tail Gator” Could Be Your Ticket to the Game!
The scratch game offers 16 top prizes of $2,000 and thousands of other prizes between $1 and $100. Plus, if you don’t win a prize instantly, you can Play it Again® and enter the Tail Gator promotion with nonwinning Tail Gator scratch tickets at ialottery.com for a chance to win one of nine unique college football game experience packages later this fall at Iowa State University, The University of Iowa or The University of Northern Iowa.
Our Twitter contest begins at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 17, and you’ll have 15 minutes to enter. Just follow us on Twitter – it’s free to create an account if you don’t already have one. Then give us the correct answer to our super-easy contest question and you’ll be entered for a chance to win one of the three ticket prize packs.
At 2 p.m. next Tuesday, we’ll pose our question on Twitter. Reply with your answer within the 15-minute time limit and you’ll be entered in the contest! No late entries will be accepted. (Be sure to reply to @ialottery on Twitter. Don’t direct message us, as direct messages aren’t eligible for entry.)
If you win, you’ll need to contact us with your name, date of birth and mailing address so we can send out your tickets. Winners will have until 4 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 24, to contact us with their information.
A few other details:
• You must be at least 21 years old to enter.
• You must currently be residing in Iowa to participate.
• There’s no purchase necessary to enter or win!
• You can only enter once. If you try to enter more than once, only your first entry will be accepted.
And now for the fine print: This promotion is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with, Twitter. You understand that you are providing your information to the Iowa Lottery and not to Twitter. The information you provide will only be used for the lottery’s Twitter Contest. The risk of loss for electronic misdelivery, late delivery or failure of receipt for information entered electronically remains with entrant regardless of the cause of the transmission failure.
August 26, 2013
‘Tail Gator’ Offers Primo Football Packages
The $1 “Tail Gator” instant-scratch game is making its debut today and along with it, we’re offering a new promotion by that same name. Iowa Lottery VIP Club members can enter nonwinning Tail Gator tickets for a chance to win one of nine ultimate fan packages to college football games Nov. 23 in Iowa. Three fan packages will be up for grabs to each of these games that day: Kansas-Iowa St. in Ames; Michigan-Iowa in Iowa City; and W. Illinois-N. Iowa in Cedar Falls.
Each package is valued at more than $500 and includes four premium seats at the game, a parking pass, pregame hospitality, food, team merchandise, spending cash and more. Hey, we know that Iowans love college football and our Tail Gator winners will have a great time supporting their favorite team with friends at the game.
Tickets in the Tail Gator game should definitely catch your eye, as you can see from the picture here! They feature artwork of a colorful alligator all decked out in football gear, playing on the gridiron. You have the chance to win a cash prize of up to $2,000 on each ticket. And if you don’t win an instant prize, you can use nonwinning tickets as entries in the Tail Gator promotion on the lottery website.
With each entry, you can choose whether you’d like to win a Tail Gator Football Fan Experience at Iowa State University, The University of Iowa or The University of Northern Iowa.
You can enter the promotion through noon on Nov. 4. To enter, you’ll need to join or already be a member of the lottery’s free VIP Club. On the lottery website, you’ll key in the entry code and ticket number from a nonwinning Tail Gator ticket.
We’ll hold the promotion’s drawings on Nov. 6 and winners’ information will be posted on the lottery’s website. Winners also will receive an email from the lottery at the address included in their VIP Club profile.
A few requirements to keep in mind:
• You can only enter the promotion on the lottery’s website. Hand-delivered tickets or entries that are mailed in will not be accepted.
• You can use each ticket only once as an eligible entry.
• And, while you can enter multiple times, you can win only one prize package in the promotion.
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