How are large lottery prizes claimed? Does the winner have to go to Des Moines?
Subject to cash availability, retailers are asked to cash prizes up to $600. For prizes more than $600 — with the exception of jackpots — players may mail their signed winning ticket with a winner claim form to the lottery at: Iowa Lottery, PO Box 10474, Des Moines, Iowa 50306-0474. Players may also cash winning tickets at any of the lottery’s regional offices located in Cedar Rapids, Mason City, Storm Lake and Council Bluffs. The regional offices can pay prizes up to and including $250,000. All prizes for amounts greater than that, and all jackpot prizes, must be claimed at the Iowa Lottery’s headquarters in Des Moines.
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