Midwest Millions is a

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game that debuted on September 7, 2007, in

Iowa Iowa () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States, bordered by the Mississippi River to the east and the Missouri River and Big Sioux River to the west. It is bordered by six states: Wisconsin to the northeast, Illinois to the ...

and

Kansas Kansas () is a state in the Midwestern United States. Its capital is Topeka, and its largest city is Wichita. Kansas is a landlocked state bordered by Nebraska to the north; Missouri to the east; Oklahoma to the south; and Colorado to the ...

, administered by the

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. It originally became available in

at the

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in Hutchinson and then throughout Kansas on September 13. It was the nation's first multi-jurisdictional scratch game since the

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scratch ticket in the early 2000s. In 2007, it was announced that other Midwestern lotteries may be added in a future edition. A total of 1.2 million tickets were offered, split evenly between Iowa and Kansas. The game's biggest prize, $500,000 cash, were won in both second-chance drawings. The first drawing was held in January 2008 in

Topeka, Kansas Topeka ( ; Kansa language, Kansa: ; iow, Dópikˀe, script=Latn or ) is the Capital (political), capital city of the U.S. state of Kansas and the County seat, seat of Shawnee County, Kansas, Shawnee County. It is along the Kansas River in the ...

; Both $500,000 prizes were won on tickets bought in Iowa, although one of the winners was from

Nebraska Nebraska () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. It is bordered by South Dakota to the north; Iowa to the east and Missouri to the southeast, both across the Missouri River; Kansas to the south; Colorado to the southwe ...

. Due to the success of the first series, another version was announced to start in April 2008

References

External links

Iowa LotteryKansas LotteryMUSL website
{{U.S. lotteries Economy of the Midwestern United States Lottery games in the United States Scratchcard games Hutchinson, Kansas Economy of Kansas Economy of Iowa