WIN THE LOTTERY'S POWERBALL PATROL CAR!

DES MOINES, Iowa – The Iowa Lottery is adding to the summer heat with a hot deal – they're giving away a car!

Beginning today, July 2, players can enter nonwinning $10 Powerball/Power Play tickets for a second-chance drawing to win the red Powerball Patrol Car.

Residents all across Iowa may have already seen the car. The lottery's Powerball Patrol team has been traveling around in it this summer, promoting "Keep Your Ticket Handy" with offers for players with non-winning Powerball tickets to save on Iowa attractions.

"Our Powerball Patrol car always turns people's heads, so we thought giving it away would provide an exciting second-chance opportunity for our players," said Joe Hrdlicka, vice president of marketing for the Iowa Lottery.

If they haven't already seen the car in person, players can visit the Iowa Lottery Web site at www.ialottery.com and click on the "Events" banner to see which locations the Powerball Patrol Car will visit next.

Players can visit the lottery Web site at www.ialottery.com beginning at noon Thursday, July 2 and enter the serial numbers from nonwinning $10 Iowa Powerball with Power Play tickets.

Eligible nonwinning tickets must have been purchased between June 28 and Aug. 22, 2009. The tickets must be $5 Powerball tickets with the $5 Power Play addition. Deadline for entry is noon on August 24.

Players must keep all nonwinning Powerball with Power Play tickets they enter. The drawing for the car will be August 26. For a full set of rules regarding the promotion, players can visit www.ialottery.com.

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.