A $1 million lottery winner in Iowa has two weeks to claim their reward.
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Lottery Winner in Iowa claim what’s yours!
There are only two weeks left for the owner of the unclaimed $1 million Ames lottery winner in Iowa ticket to collect their prize.
In Ames, a lottery winner in Iowa, on University Boulevard, a Gateway Express sold this $1 million Mega Millions ticket. Given that the ticket has a one-year expiration date of September 6, the winning date is almost exactly one year ago.
But there are other people trying their luck besides this winner. In the state, there are still more than 100 unclaimed lottery winner in Iowa tickets. These tickets have varied different expiration dates and range in price from $600 to $1 million. The website of the Iowa Lottery maintains an updated list.
Are you one of the Lottery winners in Iowa? Here’s for you!
According to Mary Neubauer, vice president of external relations and social responsibility at Lottery winner in Iowa, between $1 million and $2 million in lottery wins in Iowa expire each year without being claimed.
The amount of money fo lottery winner in Iowa unrecovered over the last five fiscal years is as follows:
- 2022: $1,508,755.32
- 2021: $1,317,755.24
- 2020: $1,759,757.56
- 2019: $2,574,011.00
- 2018: $1,411,931.52
Players had the opportunity to win the first-ever unclaimed, expired $1 million reward in 2019 according to the Lottery winner in Iowa. A winner never stepped forward despite sending out numerous reminders and even holding events at the Nevada shop where the Powerball ticket was bought. The Iowa Lottery stated in a news release dated 2019 that it is clearly stated in Iowa law that money from lottery wins that are not claimed goes back into prize pools for the next games and promotions.
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