LOTTERY RELEASES MORE INFORMATION ABOUT UNCLAIMED $200,000-WINNING POWERBALL® PRIZE IN DAVENPORT

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Players Urged To Double-Check Their Tickets

DES MOINES, Iowa – With Powerball making headlines as its jackpot continues to climb, the Iowa Lottery is releasing further details about an unclaimed $200,000-winning Powerball ticket that was purchased at a Davenport gas station.

Lottery officials said Tuesday that after reviewing lottery sales records from the store where the ticket was sold and talking with Hy-Vee personnel, they have additional information about the play involved.

The $200,000-winning ticket was sold at Hy-Vee Gas, 2353 W. Locust in Davenport, for the Powerball drawing on Wednesday, July 22. It came close to winning it all, matching the first five numbers but missing the Powerball to win a $200,000 prize. The winning numbers that night were: 4-6-16-22-32 and Powerball 11.

Lottery officials said the winning play was part of a $10 Powerball purchase spread over two different drawings in the game. The player involved used a play slip to purchase $5 in Powerball plays for the drawings on July 18 and July 22. Lottery officials believe the winning ticket was purchased by one of two men who were using play slips to make multiple purchases in the store at the time the winning ticket was sold.

"We're spreading the word that this winning ticket is still out there," said Lottery CEO Terry Rich. "So wherever you keep your tickets, double-check them. A big prize is on the line."

Rich said that as the Powerball jackpot continues to climb, the added attention that lotteries receive provides opportunity to remind people about the significant prizes involved in lottery games. The Powerball jackpot has reached an estimated $245 million for Wednesday's drawing.

A $200,000-winning Powerball ticket purchased in Council Bluffs also remains unclaimed along with numerous other lotto prizes in Iowa of up to $20,000.

The Council Bluffs ticket was sold at Eddy's, 3434 Nebraska Ave., for the Powerball drawing on Saturday, May 9. It came close to winning it all, matching the first five numbers but missing the Powerball to win a $200,000 prize. The winning numbers that night were: 4-15-32-49-58 and Powerball 21.

Players in Iowa have up to 365 days from the date of the drawing to claim Powerball and Hot Lotto prizes. Players have up to 90 days from the date of the drawing to claim prizes in Iowa's $100,000 Cash Game and the Iowa Lottery's Pick 3 and Pick 4 games. If the expiration date falls on a weekend or holiday when the lottery's offices are closed, the winner has until the close of business on the next business day to turn in the ticket.

Tickets for these major Iowa Lottery prizes also have yet to be claimed:

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In fiscal year 2009, more than $1.3 million in prizes went unclaimed in Iowa lotto games. Unclaimed prizes go into prize pools for future lottery games.

Players can visit the Iowa Lottery at 2323 Grand Ave. in Des Moines or go to one of the lottery's regional offices in Council Bluffs, Storm Lake, Mason City or Cedar Rapids to claim a prize.

Winning numbers may be checked at the lottery Web site at www.ialottery.com or through the winning numbers' hot line at (515) 323-4633. Winning numbers may also be checked with lottery retail outlets or by calling the lottery at (515) 725-7900 from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday-Friday.

Since the Iowa Lottery's start in 1985, its players have won more than $2.2 billion in prizes while the lottery has raised more than $1.1 billion for state programs.