ENDING DATES ANNOUNCED FOR 19 SCRATCH GAMES,
ONE PULL-TAB GAME

Players Have Until August 2009 to Claim Scratch Prizes, July 2010 For Pull-Tab Prizes

DES MOINES, Iowa – The Iowa Lottery is officially ending 19 of its scratch games and one of its pull-tab games and has established the deadline by which players must claim prizes in them.

The lottery has announced the end date for the following scratch games: "Crossword" (yellow/green newsprint); "Deal or No Deal"; "Cookie Dough"; "Cash on the Spot"; "Fire and Dice"; "Skee Bucks"; "$50 Grand"; "Fuzzy Dice"; "High Fives"; "Bankroll"; "Aces High"; "One Lucky Number"; "Spring Fling"; "Drive for Show, Putt for Dough"; "Super Deuces"; "Double or Nothing"; "Lucky Wheel"; "Indiana Jones"; and "Day at the Fair." Players have until the close of business on Aug. 10 to claim prizes in them.

The lottery also has announced the end date for the "Dublin Down" pull-tab game. Players have until the close of business on July 1, 2010, to claim prizes in it.

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 a prize.

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.