ALL RIGHT PAT, THANK YOU. NEW TONIGHT. A DES MOINES MAN IS NOW $50,000 RICHER THANKS TO HIS DAD. ROBERT ECONOMAKI WON BIG DURING THIS WEEK鈥橲 POWERBALL. INSTEAD OF KEEPING HIS WINNINGS, HE DECIDED TO GIVE THEM TO HIS SON. ROBERT SAID GIVING THE MONEY AWAY WAS AN EASY DECISION. HE WANTED TO DO SOMETHING FOR HIS SON WHILE HE WAS STILL ALIVE. HIS SON, SEAN, SAYS HE PLANS ON
Des Moines man gives his $50,000 Powerball ticket to son
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Updated: 11:02 AM CDT Apr 24, 2025
A Des Moines man is now $50,000 richer, thanks to his father.Robert Economaki won the prize playing Powerball last week. He bought the ticket at Price Chopper on Ingersoll Avenue and, instead of cashing it, he gifted it to his son, Shawn Economaki.He matched four of five white balls and the Powerball in the April 16 drawing, just one number away from winning that night's $113.9 million jackpot. The winning numbers were 20-24-42-43-49 and Powerball 19. Robert called it an easy decision. "My wife said, 'What are you going to do with that money?'" he said in a news release. "I said, 'I'm going to give it to Shawn.' ... I wanted to do something while I'm alive, for him. I think that's important."Shawn was shocked. "He really surprised me and said, 'Yes, and we want to give it to you,'" he said in the release. "I was obviously extremely appreciative." Shawn plans to save the money for retirement.Iowa's biggest lottery jackpot winners2018: Lerynne West of Redfield, $343.9 million Powerball2012: The Shipping 20 (co-workers at Cedar Rapids Quaker Oats plant), $241 million Powerball2012: Brian and Mary Lohse of Bondurant, $202.1 million Powerball2006: Tim and Kellie Guderian of Fort Dodge, $200.8 million Powerball2006: Hugh Hawkins of Des Moines, $113.2 million Powerball Iowa's largest unclaimed prizesThe state's largest unclaimed lottery prize as of April 24 is $50,000 鈥� in fact, there are two $50,000 prizes waiting to be claimed. Both are Powerball tickets, one purchased in Urbandale for the Dec. 28, 2024, drawing, and the other from Davenport for the March 1 drawing. They expire June 26 and August 28, respectively.
CLIVE, Iowa — A Des Moines man is now $50,000 richer, thanks to his father.
Robert Economaki won the prize playing Powerball last week. He bought the ticket at Price Chopper on Ingersoll Avenue and, instead of cashing it, he gifted it to his son, Shawn Economaki.
He matched four of five white balls and the Powerball in the April 16 drawing, just one number away from winning that night's $113.9 million jackpot. The winning numbers were 20-24-42-43-49 and Powerball 19.
Robert called it an easy decision.
"My wife said, 'What are you going to do with that money?'" he said in a . "I said, 'I'm going to give it to Shawn.' ... I wanted to do something while I'm alive, for him. I think that's important."
Shawn was shocked.
"He really surprised me and said, 'Yes, and we want to give it to you,'" he said in the release. "I was obviously extremely appreciative."
Shawn plans to save the money for retirement.
Iowa's biggest lottery jackpot winners
- 2018: Lerynne West of Redfield, $343.9 million Powerball
- 2012: The Shipping 20 (co-workers at Cedar Rapids Quaker Oats plant), $241 million Powerball
- 2012: Brian and Mary Lohse of Bondurant, $202.1 million Powerball
- 2006: Tim and Kellie Guderian of Fort Dodge, $200.8 million Powerball
- 2006: Hugh Hawkins of Des Moines, $113.2 million Powerball
Iowa's largest unclaimed prizes
The state's largest as of April 24 is $50,000 鈥� in fact, there are two $50,000 prizes waiting to be claimed.
Both are Powerball tickets, one purchased in Urbandale for the Dec. 28, 2024, drawing, and the other from Davenport for the March 1 drawing. They expire June 26 and August 28, respectively.
