Iowa lottery ticket worth $1 million after missing massive Powerball prize by 1 number
By KCCI staff
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VINTON, Iowa (KCCI) — The massive Powerball jackpot keeps on growing.
Monday’s game is now worth an eye-popping $1.6 billion after nobody matched Saturday’s numbers: 4, 5, 28, 52, 69 and the Powerball was 20.
One Iowa ticket won a nice share of the huge jackpot. According to lottery officials, a ticket purchased at a Kwik Star store in Vinton is worth $1 million after matching all five white balls but missing the Powerball.
The winning player has until June 18, 2026, to claim the prize.
Nationwide, seven other tickets matched all five white balls. The winning Match 5 tickets were sold in California, Florida, Massachusetts, Michigan (2), New Hampshire and Ohio.
Powerball’s terrible odds of 1 in 292.2 million are designed to generate big jackpots, with prizes becoming ever larger as they repeatedly roll over when no one wins. Lottery officials note that the odds are far better for the game’s many smaller prizes. There are three drawings each week.
Powerball tickets cost $2 and the game is offered in 45 states plus Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
The winning ticket from Saturday’s drawing is one of two worth at least $1 million currently unclaimed in Iowa. A ticket purchased at a Norwalk Kwik Star won $3 million in the Nov. 11 Mega Millions drawing. The winning player has until May 11, 2026, to claim the prize.
Lottery players in Iowa have claimed nearly 200 prizes of at least $1 million since 1985. Bill Watson, of Council Bluffs, is shown claiming his $4 million prize from November 1985.Iowa’s millionaires: List of every lottery jackpot winner since 1985
Iowa’s biggest lottery jackpot winners:
2018: Lerynne West of Redfield, $343.9 million Powerball
2012: The Shipping 20 (co-workers at Cedar Rapids Quaker Oats plant), $241 million Powerball
2012: Brian and Mary Lohse of Bondurant, $202.1 million Powerball
2006: Tim and Kellie Guderian of Fort Dodge, $200.8 million Powerball
2006: Hugh Hawkins of Des Moines, $113.2 million Powerball
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