The Iowa Lottery’s budget numbers are now complete for January and they show the dramatic impact the world-record Powerball jackpot had on the bottom line. The one-point-six BILLION dollar jackpot drawing on January 13th led to winning tickets in California, Florida and Tennessee. Thousands of Iowans tried to get in on the jackpot, and Iowa Lottery spokesperson, Mary Neubauer, says that led to many records for the organization…
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The record jackpot started in early November of 2015 and continued to grow to its record amount before the numbers were finally selected in January….
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The Iowa Lottery saw it’s biggest day for sales of Powerball on the day of the drawing — with six-point-three million dollars’ worth of the two-dollar tickets sold. Neubauer says they will have to watch and see if there is any long-term impact from more people playing during the record run.