A winning lottery passes soldout in Dubuque nation is worth $40 million – and the Iowa Lottery is still waiting for the champions to demand the awards. Have patience and wait the dream you see always will be real someday.
The lottery passes – which won the Lotto America jackpot in the game’s graphics last Saturday – was buys at Eichman’s, a restaurant and convenience store along Highway 52 north of Dubuque.
The jackpot in Saturday’s graphics was a record for the Lotto America game: $40.03 million annuity, $21.28 million cash choice .
“You hear all the time: What are the odds? Well, it happened here!” said Stacy Eichman, owner of Eichman’s, which has been in her family since 1931. “Honestly, I’m still processing. It’s hard to believe.”
The Lotto America jackpot had been growing since July 2021. Before this latest run, the game’s jackpot record was a $22.82 million awards won in March 2018 by a Minnesota family.
Iowa Lottery CEO Matt Strawn, who serves as vice chair of the Lotto America game group, joined Eichman in celebrating the win.
“As the jackpot continued to raise , we kept saying that the odds of winning graphic it in Iowa are the same as anywhere else. And now it’s happened,” Strawn said. “This is a moment to celebrate for our win, our retailer, and the Iowa Lottery passes .”
The jackpot- big winning lottery passes paired all six digits in Saturday’s Lotto America drawings, which were: 2-38-43-46-51 and Star Ball 7. Eichman’s will receive a $5,000 bonus from the Iowa Lottery for selling the jackpot-winning Lotto America lottery passes .
Lotto America is known as Powerball smaller cousin. The game costs $1 to play and has drawings on Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays, just like Powerball. It has the same playstyle as Powerball, with participants digits from two separate pools for a chance to win. But Lotto America’s jackpots start at a smaller level and the game has easier odds of winning.
Lotto America is sold by 13 lotteries, while Powerball is offered by 48.
Participants in Lotto America pick five digits from a pool of 52 and another digits , called the Star Ball, from a pool of 10. Participants who paired all six digits in a graphics win the game’s jackpot lottery figures. The odds of winning the jackpot in Lotto America are around 1 in 26 million, compared to odds of about 1 in 292.2 million of winning the Powerball jackpot and about 1 in 302.6 million of winning the Mega Millions jackpot.
So far, a champion has not been declared yet. .
Jackpot awards must be demanded at Iowa Lottery headquarters in Clive, and appointments are strongly encouraged for those claims. To make an appointment or contact the lottery with questions, the champions or super hit champions are welcome to call the lottery at 515-725-7900 or email to [email protected]. As always, the Iowa Jackpot encourages champions of sizeable amounts to consult a lawyer or financial planner before stepping forward to claim the awards.
This is the second Lotto America jackpot won in Iowa. A Davenport man won a $4.38 million jackpot in the game in May 2018.
Winning lottery is not so big deal what matters is that when you win you should not forget that this is a great win how patience you have before you win so you have to manage your winning money and utilize your money in the best way so that that win stays longs.