Huge Unclaimed Powerball Prize Is About To Expire In Eastern Iowa

I need you to think about where you were in Iowa at the end of July. The date we're going back to is Monday, July 29th. It was the day before the 2024 Mississippi Valley Fair, it was the Monday coming off of the 50th running of the Bix. It was a nice day with highs in the mid-80s and mostly sunny skies.

If by any chance that day you stopped at the Kwik Star near Central Standard and Five Cities on 53rd Ave. in Bettendorf and bought yourself a Powerball ticket, you have a strong chance of missing out on $50,000.

Winning Powerball Ticket About To Expire In Eastern Iowa

The $50,000-winning ticket was purchased at Kwik Star, 2283 53rd Ave. in Bettendorf. The prize will expire on Jan. 27 if it is not claimed by the deadline.

The ticket matched four white balls and the Powerball to win the $50,000 prize in the July 29 drawing. The winning numbers that night were: 11-27-30-33-44 and Powerball 16.

The prize can be claimed at any Iowa Lottery office. Prize-claim hours at lottery offices are 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday-Friday, with offices closed on state holidays.

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Players in Iowa have 180 days from the date of the drawing to claim Powerball prizes. 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 2024), nearly $5 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.