One Month Left For $50,000 Powerball Prize won in Des Moines
It Is One of Five Sizeable Prizes Currently Unclaimed In Iowa
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CLIVE, Iowa — A $50,000 Powerball® prize won in Des Moines will expire in a month if it isn't claimed in time, and the Iowa Lottery is reminding players to double-check their tickets.
The Des Moines prize is among five lottery prizes of at least $20,000 that are unclaimed in Iowa. The prizes will all expire by early October if they aren't claimed in time.
The $50,000 Powerball prize has the earliest expiration date on the list. It was won in the Powerball drawing on Dec. 16 and is set to expire on June 13.
The winning ticket was purchased at Casey's, 3725 Beaver Ave. in Des Moines, for the Powerball drawing on Dec. 16. It matched four of the first five numbers and the Powerball to win a $50,000 prize. The winning Powerball numbers in that night's drawing were 3-9-10-20-62 and Powerball 25. The Power Play® number was 3.
The largest prize currently unclaimed in Iowa is a $500,000 Powerball Double Play® prize won in March in Mason City. That particular prize is a little more unusual because Double Play is a new option in the Powerball game.
The Powerball Double Play option made its Iowa debut in November. For an extra $1 per play, players can add the Double Play option to their Powerball tickets. (A Powerball play costs $2, and with Double Play added, a ticket costs $3.) The numbers on that ticket are then eligible to win twice – once in the regular Powerball drawing, and once in a separate Double Play drawing that same night.
It's possible for a player to win a prize in the regular Powerball drawing and the Double Play drawing on the same night.
In the case of the Mason City ticket, it matched the first five numbers but missed the Double Play Powerball in the Double Play drawing on March 16 to win a $500,000 prize. It was the only ticket in the country to win a $500,000 prize that night.
The lucky ticket was purchased at Kwik Star, 1502 Federal Ave. in Mason City. It will expire on Sept. 12 if the prize is not claimed in time.
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Here are details about the other two sizeable lottery prizes in Iowa that remain unclaimed (listed by prize amount):
| Game |
Prize Drawing |
Amount Won |
Retailer |
Expiration |
| Powerball |
April 10, 2024 |
$50,000 |
Hy-Vee, Des Moines |
Oct. 7, 2024 |
| InstaPlay |
May 10, 2024 |
$30,851.35 |
Kwik Star, Davenport |
Aug. 8, 2024 |
| Mega Millions |
March 26, 2024 |
$20,000 |
Kum & Go, Ankeny |
Sept. 23, 2024 |
While all of the prizes need to be claimed at an Iowa Lottery office, the $500,000 prize in particular must be claimed at lottery headquarters in Clive. Prize-claim hours at lottery offices are 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday-Friday, with offices closed on state holidays.
If someone who thinks they may have won a prize has questions, they are welcome to contact the lottery at 515-725-7900 or wmaster@ialottery.com.
Players in Iowa have 180 days from the date of the drawing to claim prizes in Powerball, Mega Millions®, Lucky for Life® and Lotto America®, up to 90 days from the date of the drawing to claim prizes in Pick 3 and Pick 4 and up to 90 days from the date of purchase to claim prizes in InstaPlay games.
If a prize expiration date falls on a weekend or holiday when lottery offices are closed, the winner has until the close of business on the next business day to turn in the ticket.
In the last fiscal year (FY 2023), more than $1.7 million in lotto and InstaPlay prizes expired in Iowa without being claimed.
The money from lottery prizes that expire in Iowa without being claimed goes into the lottery's prize pools for future games and promotions, so it will be used to pay prizes, just not those prizes that have expired.
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