(KIWA Staff Photo)Statewide, Iowa – The Iowa Lottery is planning to move headquarters after also reporting a increase in sales for the fiscal year.
Department of Revenue director Mary Mosiman announced at a recent Lottery Commission meeting that the Iowa Lottery headquarters is moving from Clive to the state capitol complex.
The Iowa Lottery and Alcoholic Beverages were made divisions of the Department of Revenue three years ago under the government realignment program. Mosiman says moving the Lottery is part of that realignment, but the Alcoholic Beverages Division will keep its building in Ankeny.
Mosiman says they will be putting out a lot of information to update Lottery players on the change.
Mosiman says the move will save some money.
The Lottery purchased the building in Clive for $5.35 million in 2014, and the total cost came to $7 million with the addition of a generator and security measures.
Lottery CEO Steve Waymire says they are doing extensive renovations to accommodate the Lottery in the Hoover building.
He says they plan to move from November 6th through the 11th.
The Iowa Lottery headquarters moved to Clive after then-Lottery CEO Terry Rich said the heating and cooling system in their building on Grand Avenue in Des Moines needed to be replaced and that would take several months.
The Des Moines School District bought the Grand Avenue building from the Lottery for $1.6 million to use as its administration building. The district later moved out of the building.
All this comes after the Lottery announced sales have been strong through the first two months of the new fiscal year. Here is Lottery chief financial officer Steve French.
French says the profit turned over to the state is also above last year.
The Lottery’s Casandra Trenary says lotto games saw increased sales.
Lotto America saw a nearly 28 percent increase compared to last year, and was helped by the third-highest jackpot ever.
She says Instaplay is up nearly 22 percent compared to the last fiscal year. Scratch ticket sales for the first two months of the year were up around four percent.
