ENDING DATES ANNOUNCED FOR FIVE SCRATCH GAMES,
FOUR PULL-TAB GAMES

DES MOINES, Iowa – The Iowa Lottery is officially ending five instant-scratch games and four pull-tab games and has established the deadlines by which players must claim prizes in them.

The lottery has announced the end dates for the following scratch games: "Summer Daze," "Winning in 3's," "Twice Lucky," "Winning Season" and "Holiday Riches." Players have until the close of business on Sept. 14 to claim prizes in Summer Daze. They have until the close of business on Oct. 12 to claim prizes in Winning in 3's, and they have until the close of business on Nov. 2 to claim prizes in Twice Lucky, Winning Season and Holiday Riches.

The lottery also has announced the end dates for the following pull-tab games: "Black Chip," "Triple Trouble," "Corn Craze" and "Extreme Green." Players have until the close of business on Sept. 30, 2010, to claim prizes in them.

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 $2.4 billion in prizes while the lottery has raised nearly $1.2 billion for state programs.