IOWA LOTTERY RELEASES NEW GAMES
TO BENEFIT IOWA VETERANS TRUST FUND

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     "Iowa Veterans Trust Fund" logo

     "Land of Liberty" pull-tab ticket

     "Freedom Rings" instant-scratch ticket

Lottery Expects To Raise $2 Million To $3 Million Annually For Trust Fund

The $1 pull-tab game features a red, white and blue theme along with patriotic symbols including the Statue of Liberty and U.S. Capitol. It will be followed by the instant-scratch game "Freedom Rings" that begins sales Jan. 26. The $1 tickets in that game have a Liberty Bell theme. Tickets in both games also feature the logo of the Iowa Veterans Trust Fund to easily identify those games as being dedicated to veterans' causes.

"We're proud that our new games are providing a stable, ongoing source of revenue for the Iowa Veterans Trust Fund," said Ken Brickman, the Lottery's acting CEO. "Iowa's veterans have served with dignity and excellence and now we can stand up for them by providing the Trust Fund with a reliable source of funding."

Legislation approved in 2008 authorized the lottery's games to benefit the Iowa Veterans Trust Fund. The Iowa Lottery will create two new instant-scratch games and two additional pull-tab games each year, with all profits from the games dedicated to the Iowa Veterans Trust Fund.

The Lottery estimates that the new games will provide about $2 million to $3 million in proceeds annually for the Iowa Veterans Trust Fund and already has transferred nearly $1 million to the fund for the current fiscal year. The Lottery's next transfer to the Veterans Trust Fund will be made at the end of January and is anticipated to keep the lottery on target to meet its revenue estimate for the games.

The Iowa Veterans Trust Fund was created to provide assistance to qualified veterans to assist in paying for expenses such as:

• Travel expenses for wounded veterans directly related to follow-up medical care;
• Job training or college tuition assistance;
• Unemployment assistance during a period of unemployment due to prolonged physical or mental illness or disability resulting from military service;
• Dental, vision, and hearing assistance for veterans living in a long-term care facility or under a home healthcare contract (further asset limits apply);
• Benefits for a child or children of a disabled or deceased veteran following September 11, 2001;
• Individual or family counseling programs (further asset limits apply).
• In addition, funds are available for family and children support groups and honor guard reimbursement.

To learn more about the Veterans Trust Fund, visit www.iowava.org. To learn more about the Iowa Lottery, go to www.ialottery.com.