The Iowa Lottery is planning on giving away the one million-dollar Powerball prize that went unclaimed when the ticket expired last week. The ticket had been purchased in Nevada and Iowa Lottery C-E-O Matt Strawn says they did all they could to find the winner, and now will move ahead.
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He says they wanted to stick with origin of the prize to try again to give it away.
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Strawn explains how it will work.
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He says you can enter by buying a Powerball play during a three-week period. The prize period to enter is May 29th through June 18th — with the drawing for the one-million-dollar winner on June 19th. The original ticket was purchased at a Casey’s in Nevada and Strawn says they believe it is the first time ever that a one-million-dollar prize went unclaimed. The Casey’s store received a one-thousand-dollar bonus from the lottery for selling the original ticket, even though it went unclaimed.