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The Iowa Lottery Authority is run by the state of Iowa. It is a member of the Multi-State Lottery Association (MUSL), which administers games on behalf of the member lotteries. The Iowa Lottery portfolio includes Powerball, Mega Millions, Lotto America, Lucky for Life, Pick 3, Pick 4, plus numerous instant scratch ticket, InstaPlay and pull-tab ...
Des Moines had four times as many Iowa lottery winners than the cities with the second most number of lottery millionaires. The most money awarded in Des Moines was a $113 million Powerball ticket ...
And, in 2021, Powerball added a third weekly drawing on Mondays, helping their jackpots grow bigger, faster. By the end of that year, Americans had spent more than $95 billion on lottery tickets.
The Mega Millions jackpot now stands at an estimated $36 million as of April 2, with a cash option of $17 million, according to the Iowa Lottery website. What is the world record for the Powerball?
The National Lottery was introduced to South Africa on 11 March 2000. At the time it was run by Uthingo. [citation needed]After a marketing effort that aimed to reach 80 percent of South African homes directly [5] more than 800,000 tickets were sold in the first day of availability [6] Nearly R70 million worth of tickets were sold in the first three weeks of operation.
In 1988, the Multi-State Lottery Association (MUSL) was formed with Oregon, Iowa, Kansas, Rhode Island, West Virginia, Missouri, and the District of Columbia as its charter members; it is best known for Powerball, which was designed to build up very large jackpots.
Today, the Powerball's 2nd largest prize ever is over $1.7 billion. But five years ago, an Iowan became the biggest jackpot winner in state history.
In September 2007, MUSL launched Midwest Millions, a scratch ticket game, in Iowa and Kansas; it was the country's first multi-jurisdictional scratch game since the Powerball television game shows. Midwest Millions returned in 2008 and 2009.