ENDING DATES ANNOUNCED FOR
FOUR INSTANT-SCRATCH GAMES

Players Have Until Early April To Claim Prizes

DES MOINES, Iowa – The Iowa Lottery is officially ending four of its instant-scratch games and has established the deadlines by which players must claim prizes in them.

The lottery has announced the end dates for the "$250,000 Luck of the Draw," "Trump Card," "Midwest Millions (2007 game)," and "King of Cash" scratch games. Players have until the close of business on April 6 to claim prizes in them. Players may visit an Iowa Lottery retailer or one of the lottery's regional offices in Council Bluffs, Storm Lake, Des Moines, Mason City and Cedar Rapids to claim prizes.

Winning lotto 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 inception 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.