DES MOINES — Kacey Strovers, of Pleasent Hill, was the latest big instant-scratch game winner in Jasper County during calendar year 2016, winning $50,000 in the Diamond 7S with a ticket purchased at Git-N-Go Convenience Store in Newton.
Davis Leach, of Newton, was the county’s latest and biggest lotto winner during the same period, winning $3,750 in the Pick 4 game with a ticket purchased at Fareway in Newton.
Iowa Lottery players won a total of $221.8 million in prizes in fiscal year 2016, the latest complete year for which the lottery has records. However, there are a significant number of prizes that expire each year without being claimed. The lottery reminds its players to double-check their tickets. In fiscal year 2016, more than $1.2 million in lotto prizes expired in Iowa without being claimed.
Prize money left unclaimed after redemption deadlines goes into the lottery’s prize pools for future games and promotions, so it will be used to pay prizes, just not those particular prizes that have expired.
On the lottery's website at www.ialottery.com, there is a current list of unclaimed lotto prizes of $10,000 or more.