20 Contestants Will Compete On Live Lottery Game Show At Iowa State Fair
The Finalist Has A Chance To Win Up To $5 Million
The Iowa Lottery will hold a live game show with a top prize of up to $5 million on opening day of the 2024 Iowa State Fair. It is the first such event since 2012 (shown here), when a Des Moines man won a $1 million prize during a lottery game show at the Iowa State Fair.
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CLIVE, Iowa — We now know the names of the 20 contestants who will compete on a live lottery game show at the 2024 Iowa State Fair with a chance to win up to $5 million.
Iowa Lottery players made more than 67,000 entries into the lottery's "Fair Fever" promotion that will conclude with the game show on opening day of this year's Iowa State Fair. The 20 players who beat the odds to become game show contestants are:
| 1. Craig Bergman, Cedar Rapids |
11. Jolene Murray, Cedar Rapids |
| 2. Michelle Cerwinske, Nashua |
12. Mary Olin, Des Moines |
| 3. Margo Fox, Johnston |
13. Dawn Petersen, Colfax |
| 4. Kristine Frye, Des Moines |
14. Timothy Roberts, Ottumwa |
| 5. Nicole Gulick, Des Moines |
15. Scott Stewart, Waterloo |
| 6. Ryan Habeger, Algona |
16. Steven Stout, Indianola |
| 7. Gerald Johnson, Iowa City |
17. Christine Tatman, Orange City |
| 8. Gerald Kennicker, Dubuque |
18. Rodney Tucker, Des Moines |
| 9. Tamara Mcmahon, Council Bluffs |
19. Jeff Weiland, Dubuque |
| 10. Steven Moore, Urbandale |
20. David Wesley, Des Moines |
Earlier this year, the Iowa Lottery and Iowa State Fair celebrated the release of the "Iowa State Fair" scratch game, the first lottery product to be named for the Fair, Iowa's largest event.
Players who didn't win instant prizes on their Iowa State Fair scratch tickets could enter them into the lottery's Fair Fever promotion for a chance to be one of the 20 game show contestants or win concert-ticket prize packages for the Iowa State Fair Grandstand.
The promotion's final drawing date was Thursday, including selection of the game show contestants.
The live game show is scheduled to begin at 5:30 p.m. on Aug. 8 on the Grand Concourse in the heart of the Iowa State Fairgrounds. Through a series of games, the contestants will gradually be eliminated until just one remains.
Each contestant will win at least $10,000 and the finalist will take home at least $500,000 with a chance to win up to $5 million.
The Iowa Lottery currently is finalizing plans to award a number of prizes to those watching the game show. Details will be available soon about that added fun for audience members.
It has been more than a decade since the lottery has given away a prize of this size at a live event. The last time was in 2012, when the lottery held a live game show on the final day of the Iowa State Fair and a retired Des Moines police officer won the top prize of $1 million.
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