The Lotto America® jackpot has been won for the second time this year, with an Iowa Lottery player turning a $1 ticket into a $6.14 million jackpot prize in last night’s drawing.
The winning ticket was the only one nationwide to match all six numbers drawn last night – 12, 13, 21, 40, 49 and Lotto America Star Ball® 2. The All Star Bonus® multiplier was three.
The lucky winner will have the choice to receive the prize as an annuity, paid out as 30 increasing payments over 29 years, or a lump sum payout of $2.53 million. Both prize options are before taxes.
Across all participating lotteries, more than 43,000 players won prizes in last night’s drawing.
The Lotto America jackpot was previously won in Minnesota on July 18, 2026, by a ticket that won a jackpot worth $34.12 million.
This was the third time the Lotto America jackpot has been won in Iowa, following Iowa Lottery jackpot wins of $4.38 million on May 5, 2018, and $40.03 million on April 1, 2023.
Lotto America features a rolling jackpot and eight lower-tier cash prizes. The game has the same draw nights as Powerball® – Monday, Wednesday and Saturday – but offers a smaller field of numbers and better odds of winning a prize. A Lotto America ticket is priced at $1 per play compared to $2 per play for Powerball, and the odds of winning the Lotto America jackpot are 1 in 25.9 million compared to 1 in 292.2 million for Powerball.
Players pick five numbers from 1 to 52 and one Lotto America Star Ball® number from 1 to 10. For an additional $1 per play, players can add the All Star Bonus feature to their ticket to multiply any non-jackpot prize by 2, 3, 4 or 5 times. The multiplier is randomly selected prior to every drawing. The game’s Match 5 prize of $20,000 can be increased up to $100,000 when the 5X multiplier is drawn.
The Lotto America jackpot resets to $2 million for tomorrow night’s drawing and has a cash value of $820,000. Meanwhile, the Powerball® jackpot is currently estimated at $467 million, with a cash value of $192.4 million, for tomorrow night’s drawing. Powerball tickets cost $2 per play.
About Lotto America
Lotto America® tickets cost $1 per play and are sold in 15 U.S. states: Delaware, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Minnesota, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee and West Virginia. More than half of all proceeds from the sale of a Lotto America ticket remain in the state where the ticket was sold. Drawings are held every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday around 9:15 p.m. CT. The odds of winning the jackpot are 1 in 25.9 million. The overall odds of winning a prize are 1 in 9.63. For more information, visit the Lotto America webpage.