Midwest Millions

Midwest Millions is a scratchcard game that debuted on September 7, 2007 in Iowa and Kansas^[1]. It originally became available in Kansas at the State Fair in Hutchinson and then became available throughout Kansas on September 13, 2007. It was the nation's first multi-jurisdictional scratch game since the Powerball scratch ticket in the early 2000s.^[2][3] In 2007, it was announced that other Midwest states may be added in a future edition.^[4] Iowa and Kansas are members of the Multi-State Lottery Association (MUSL), best known for Powerball. MUSL also administered this instant game.

The drawing had its first run in September of 2007. A total of 1.2 million tickets were offered, with 600,000 being sold in each of the two states. The two largest prizes, each worth $500,000, were in second-chance drawings. The first drawing was held in January 2008 in Topeka, Kansas; ^[3] The winning tickets drawn in both second-chance drawings $500,000 were bought in Iowa, although one of the winners was from Nebraska.^[2][5] Due to the success of the first series, another version was announced to start in April 2008^[6]

References

1. ^ "Kansas, Iowa lotteries create first multi-state scratch game - Lottery Post". http://www.lotterypost.com/news/156718.htm. 
2. ^ ^{a b} Laura Chapman (2008-01-11). "Lincolnite wins $500,000 in lottery". Lincoln Journal Star. http://www.journalstar.com/articles/2008/01/12/news/local/doc47880cad6bb14220483720.txt. 
3. ^ ^{a b} "Iowa and Kansas Team up on Lottery Ticket". KCRG. 2007-09-11. http://www.kcrg.com/news/local/9708817.html. 
4. ^ "Midwest Millions". http://www.kslottery/News/May%202007/Midwest%20Millions.htm. 
5. ^ "“Midwest Millions” Test Of New Concept". Iowa lottery blog. http://www.ialotteryblog.com/instantscratch_games/. 
6. ^ "Nebraskan wins $500,000 prize". The Topeka Capital Journal. 2008-01-11. http://www.cjonline.com/stories/011108/bre_prize.shtml. 

External links

• Iowa Lottery
• Kansas Lottery
• MUSL website