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$400K lottery prize claimed 'just in time'
Powerball: $400K lottery prize claimed 'just in time'
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Pennsylvania winner says ticket shoved in shoebox for nearly a year
A winning Powerball lottery ticket worth $400,000 sold in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, last year was set to expire today.
But just hours before the deadline, Lottery officials announced that a winner came forward.
Two weeks ago Pennsylvania Lottery officials started asking players to check their old tickets.
Pennsylvania Lottery officials announced that the winner is Brenda Stover, of New Cumberland, who validated her winning ticket this morning.
Winning ticket stuffed in old shoebox
On May 28, 2008, Stover bought the ticket at the Karns grocery store in Mechanicsburg. Two weeks ago, Stover's husband saw on the news that there was an unclaimed prize. So, Brenda checked her shoebox of old tickets.
One of them matched all five of the first five Powerball winning numbers, but not the Powerball — which qualified it as the winning ticket of second prize.
Stover took the ticket to a lottery retailer on May 22, where they confirmed it was the $400,000 winning ticket. The ticket was mailed to lottery headquarters in Middletown where officials confirmed Stover as the winner.
"We just encourage players to please check your tickets," said Ed Trees, a Pennsylvania Lottery representative. "The lottery certainly does not want any prize, especially a prize of this size, to go unclaimed."
So far, Stover is not doing interviews and she chose not to do a public check presentation. It is still unclear why her ticket was stuffed in an old shoebox for a year.
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Eden Prairie, MN United States Member #50334 February 18, 2007 59 Posts Offline |
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I don't get some people. If you were going to buy a lottery ticket,you better go check the numbers within a week,so you don't forget about the ticket and in my case,I would be thinking about the drawn numbers all day. Since,I would be anxious about if I won or not.
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Charlotte NC United States Member #17704 June 18, 2005 3478 Posts Online |
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Congratulations to her. I'm glad she found it in time. 
TakeemtotheBank
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Prince of Insufficient Light Ruler of Heck United States Member #13375 March 30, 2005 1357 Posts Offline |
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Lucky it wasn't a leap year.  Modern "education" teaches a version of history so fictionalized, it should be followed by "TM"
They're warning me about Osama or whatever. Picture me buying the scam; I say "never!". 
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Redwood City,California United States Member #71007 February 3, 2009 30 Posts Offline |
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If I ever get a big win in the lottery I would never send my winning ticket in the mail. What would have happend if that ticket Brenda sent in was lost ?. I could only guess. The lottery headquarters denies Brenda her winning ticket or Brenda must wait one year to claim the lottery money . When I win the big one, I'm going right to the lottery headquarters and claim my win. 
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Philippines Member #71700 February 20, 2009 223 Posts Offline |
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Congratulations "I firmly believe that any man's finest hour, the greatest fulfillment of all that he holds dear, is the moment when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle-victorious."
- Vince Lombardi
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Pennsylvania United States Member #17377 June 10, 2005 1302 Posts Offline |
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My workplace is two blocks over from this town. Trust me its not surprising that someone living there would forget or toss it to the side. They are more dedicated to other matters then winning a lottery. Rather simple folks that reside there.
The most pertubing part was the FACT she let them mail it. THe Lottery headquarters is literally a 15 minute drive over the freeway !
Seriously now, if ya win 400K you can at least spend two bucks in gas to get you to the claims office....I would have even offered just so she could be sure it got there in time. And NO I wouldnt want a dime of her winnings for the gesture. Just the pleasure of interviewing someone that won that much would be a hoot! One day your life will flash before your eyes, make sure its one worth watching.
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United States Member #61714 May 16, 2008 26 Posts Offline |
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"The ticket was mailed to lottery headquarters in Middletown where officials confirmed Stover as the winner."
I'm speechless.
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williamsburg,ohio United States Member #71534 February 17, 2009 603 Posts Offline |
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They had a $200K ticket that wasn't claimed today in Kentucky
across from Cincinnati in Covington.
It had to be claimed by 5pm today. "Don't Give Up.Don't Ever Give Up"
Jim Valvano ex N.C.State basketball coach
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Greensboro, North Carolina United States Member #60341 March 29, 2008 8545 Posts Offline |
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I can't understand people that buy lottery tickets and just throw them in a drawer or worse an old shoebox  ....I can't wait to see if I won!
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New Member  FLorida United States Member #74414 April 28, 2009 19 Posts Offline |
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I check my tickets as soon as the results are posted. Some people are just different they play for the heck of it, buy a ticket and dont bother to check it because they dont think they would ever win anything but at the same time they spend the money anyway.
Nothing wrong with that if some people are that way cause when I win I will appreciate those careless people for their contribution.  "Claim It! Believe It! Receive It!"
Je suis toute la Richesse, tout le Pouvoir.
Je déclare par la présente mon libre-ddom financier, MAINTENANT et désormais pour toujours!
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williamsburg,ohio United States Member #71534 February 17, 2009 603 Posts Offline |
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I'm the type that I check my tickets and if I win I want the money NOW!!! LOL "Don't Give Up.Don't Ever Give Up"
Jim Valvano ex N.C.State basketball coach
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I try to watch the televised drawing if I can.If I can't watch the live drawing,I check the USA MEGA website to see if I won.Sometimes I do both just to make sure the live drawing got it right.
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United Kingdom Member #57623 December 19, 2007 31 Posts Offline |
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I always check my tickets hours after the draw or somtimes the day after but never any later.
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South Carolina United States Member #6 November 4, 2001 6939 Posts Offline |
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