Just Look At The Lucky New Sculptures Approved For The Iowa Lottery Headquarters

Sketch of the proposed giant shamrock clover sculptures at the Iowa Lottery headquarters.

It might be the luck of the Irish, but one day before the 2015 St Patrick Day celebration, March 16, Iowa has signed off some giant metal shamrock sculptures for their new building.

They got help with choosing the art from the Iowa Arts Council for the headquarters in the Des Moines suburb of Clive.

Mediacom spoke to Iowa Lottery spokesperson Mary Neubauer about playing the lottery in this 2013 interview. Video: ialotteryblog

Lottery spokesperson Mary Neubauer says, "As soon as we all saw the project, as soon as we turned the page and saw the proposal it was just like ‘oh lottery luck there it is’ in the form of that project."

Neubauer says the large shamrocks will draw attention to the building and they speculate the sculpture might become a good luck charm for lottery players too.

They hope to get the clovers installed by this fall. Neubauer says they hope they have good enough weather to get the sculpture installed before the cold weather.

Story: Dar Danielson, Radio Iowa

A tv commercial for the Iowa Lottery.

ABOUT: The Iowa Lottery moved to the new building in December after selling their old headquarters building west of downtown Des Moines to the Des Moines schools.

The Iowa Lottery is run by the government of Iowa. It is a charter member of, and home to, the Multi-State Lottery Association (MUSL), which administers its games on behalf of the member lotteries.

The Iowa Lottery portfolio includes Hot Lotto, Mega Millions, Powerball, $100,000 Cash Game, plus numerous scratchcard and pull-tab games.