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California Mega Millions lottery ticket worth $200K to expire Monday

Aug. 21, 2009, 1:09 p.m.

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A lottery ticket worth more than $200,000 that was bought in Coronado, California, remains unclaimed, and lottery officials yesterday warned that the prize will expire in three days.

The winning Mega Millions ticket was sold Feb. 4 at Avenue Liquor on Orange Avenue near Ninth Street, California Lottery officials said.

It hit five winning numbers — 1, 27, 28, 35 and 40 — but missed the Mega number, 6.

The ticket, which is worth $211,387, will expire at 5 p.m. Monday, officials said. If it is not claimed, the prize money will be go to state schools.

Tickets that are worth more than $600 must be submitted along with a claim form by mail or in person at any lottery office. Prizes are mailed in four to six weeks.

Union-Tribune

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RJOh's avatar - chipmunk
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Posted: August 21, 2009, 1:20 pm - IP Logged

With California budget problems, $200,000 is just a drop in a large bucket but every little bit helps.

* What happens most *
 * will most likely happen again *

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Posted: August 21, 2009, 1:28 pm - IP Logged

In Maryland any tickets that aren't claimed, the money goes in to a pool for promotions like raffles and bonus drawings.

Maybe California's lottery rules about unclaimed tickets are different.

Big John says. You don't hit the number. The number hits you!!!!


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Posted: August 21, 2009, 4:04 pm - IP Logged

Damm! How could one make such stupid mistake. this money could change one lives. I hope this doesn't happen for the recent powerball

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Posted: August 22, 2009, 8:47 pm - IP Logged

I can only guess this scenario but sometimes out of town visitors to CA may buy tickets and take it back across state line forgetting about it--six months is very long time not to redeem a ticket unless they officially lost it or threw it away by accident--unfortunately that happens a lotDisapprove

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Posted: August 23, 2009, 3:41 pm - IP Logged

  Well our unclaimed champion is $28 million super lotto plus ticket in 2003.

http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20080929/news_1m29lotto.html

 

   I guess this one is not that much pain.