Polk County is located in the U.S. state of Iowa. As of the 2020 census,the population was 492,401. It is Iowa's most populous county,and home to over 15% of the state's residents. The county seat is Des Moines,which is also the capital city of Iowa. Polk County is included in the Des Moines–West Des Moines,IA Metropolitan Statistical Area.
In the United States,lotteries are run by 48 jurisdictions:45 states plus the District of Columbia,Puerto Rico,and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Mega Millions is an American multijurisdictional lottery game;as of June 30,2023,it is offered in 45 states,the District of Columbia,and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The first Mega Millions drawing was in 2002. What is now Mega Millions initially was offered in six states;the logo for all versions of the game following the retirement of The Big Game name featured a gold-colored ball with six stars to represent the game's initial membership,although some lotteries insert their respective logos in the ball.
This is a collection of the largest prizes/jackpots awarded in various lotteries.
Powerball is an American lottery game offered by 45 states,the District of Columbia,Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. It is overseen by the Multi-State Lottery Association (MUSL),which also manages other large jackpot games such as the Mega Millions. From 1992 to 2021,Powerball drawings were held biweekly on Wednesdays and Saturdays. Monday drawings were added to help boost sales and increase jackpot amounts. Powerball drawings are held at 10:59p.m. Eastern Time,at the Florida Lottery's headquarters in Tallahassee.
Hot Lotto was a multi-state lottery game administered by the Iowa-based Multi-State Lottery Association (MUSL),which is best known for operating the Mega Millions and Powerball games.
The Multi-State Lottery Association (MUSL) is an American non-profit,government-benefit association owned and operated by agreement of its 34-member lotteries. MUSL was created to facilitate the operation of multi-jurisdictional lottery games,most notably Powerball.
The Oklahoma Lottery is an American lottery that is operated by that state's government. The Lottery,which began ticket sales on October 12,2005,is a member of the Multi-State Lottery Association (MUSL).
Joe Riding is an American politician. A Democrat,he served in the Iowa House of Representatives from 2013 to 2015.
David Edmund Young is an American politician who currently serves as a member of the Iowa House of Representatives from the 28th District,and previously served as the U.S. representative for Iowa's 3rd congressional district from 2015 to 2019. A member of the Republican Party,he is a native and resident of Van Meter,a western suburb of Des Moines. He was first elected in 2014 and reelected in 2016;he lost reelection in 2018 to Democrat Cindy Axne. Young unsuccessfully challenged Axne in 2020 in a rematch,losing by 1.3%.
The Hot Lotto fraud scandal was a lottery-rigging scandal in the United States. It came to light in 2017,after Eddie Raymond Tipton,the former information security director of the Multi-State Lottery Association (MUSL),confessed to rigging a random number generator that he and two others used in multiple cases of fraud against state lotteries. Tipton was first convicted in October 2015 of rigging a $14.3 million drawing of MUSL's lottery game Hot Lotto. Eddie Tipton ultimately confessed to rigging lottery drawings in Iowa,Colorado,Wisconsin,Kansas and Oklahoma. Also involved in the scheme were his brother and former Texas justice of the peace Tommy Tipton,and Texas businessman Robert Rhodes. Eddie Tipton was sentenced to 25 years in prison.
Rita Hart is an American politician and retired educator who served as an Iowa State Senator from the 49th district from 2013 to 2019. She is a member of the Democratic Party. In the 2018 gubernatorial election,Hart ran for lieutenant governor of Iowa on the Democratic ticket,with running mate Fred Hubbell.
The 30th District of the Iowa House of Representatives is located in the eastern portion of Polk County in the state of Iowa. It contains the cities of Altoona,Bondurant,Mitchellville,Elkhart and Runnells.
Cynthia Lynne Axne is an American politician who served as the U.S. representative from Iowa's 3rd congressional district from 2019 until 2023. She is currently a senior adviser to the U.S. Department of Agriculture under the Biden Administration.
Robert Sand is an American lawyer and politician who has served as the 33rd Iowa State Auditor since 2019. He is a member of the Democratic Party. Sand was assistant attorney general of Iowa from 2010 to 2017. In 2018,he ran for state auditor,defeating Republican incumbent Mary Mosiman. After considering a run for governor of Iowa in 2022,Sand opted to run for reelection. Sand was reelected in 2022,becoming the only statewide elected Democrat in Iowa.
The 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Iowa was held on November 3,2020,to elect the four U.S. representatives from the state of Iowa,one from each of the state's four congressional districts. The elections coincided with the 2020 U.S. presidential election,as well as other elections to the House of Representatives,elections to the United States Senate and various state and local elections.
The Mississippi State Lottery is a lottery authorized by the Alyce G. Clarke Mississippi Lottery Law in 2018. It is administered by the Mississippi Lottery Corporation. The corporation expected to begin scratch off sales by December 1,2019,with sales of draw game tickets in 2020. However,this was bought forward to November 25th as announced by Mississippi Lottery Corporation. On August 2,2019,the Mississippi Lottery Corporation announced its acceptance into the Multi-State Lottery Association,with sales of Mega Millions and Powerball beginning on January 30,2020.
The 2018 Iowa House of Representative elections took place on November 6,2018,to elect representatives from all 100 districts. The winners of this will serve in 88th General Assembly,with apportioned among the states based on 2010 United States Census. The Republican Party retained control of the House,while losing a net gain of 5 seats to Democratic Party.
Zachary Martin Nunn is an American politician and former member of the Iowa Air National Guard who has served as the U.S. representative for Iowa's 3rd congressional district since 2023. A member of the Republican Party,he was a member of the Iowa Senate for the 15th district from 2019 to 2023 and the Iowa House of Representatives for the 30th district from 2015 to 2019.
Kenan Judge is an American politician. A member of the Democratic Party,he has served as a member of the Iowa House of Representatives from District 27 since 2019.
