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Eastern Time (GMT-5:00) | Home -> Forums -> Lottery News -> $250,000 Mega Million prize may be forfeited $250,000 Mega Million prize may be forfeited Mega Millions: $250,000 Mega Million prize may be forfeitedIllinois Lottery officials say a player who bought a second-place winning Mega Millions ticket nearly a year ago in Des Plaines needs to redeem the $250,000 ticket by month's end or lose the prize. The second place Mega ticket for the July 31, 2009 drawing was sold at a 7-Eleven store on Lee St. in Des Plaines. The ticket matched all five numbers but missed the Mega Ball. The winning numbers were 17, 35, 44, 52 and 56 with a Mega Ball number of 22 and a Megaplier number of 2. If the winning ticket holder does not come forward by Friday, July 30, the money will be deposited into the Illinois Common School Fund. Players can have tickets verified at any Illinois Lottery retailer across the state. AP We'd love to see your comments here! Register for a FREE membership — it takes just a few moments — and you'll be able to post comments here and on any of our forums. If you're already a member, you can Log In to post a comment. 13 comments. Last comment 2 years ago by . Idaho United States Member #56982 November 21, 2007 3940 Posts Offline | | Posted: July 27, 2010, 10:15 am - IP Logged | |
Hopefully, the owner of the ticket comes forward before it expires. "No one remembers the person who almost climbed the mountain, only the person who eventually gets to the top."
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Little Rock, AR United States Member #68865 December 19, 2008 194 Posts Offline | | Posted: July 27, 2010, 12:42 pm - IP Logged | |
This is why you always check your ticket even if there is not a jackpot winner. | | |
mid-Ohio United States Member #9 March 24, 2001 13438 Posts Offline | | Posted: July 27, 2010, 1:08 pm - IP Logged | |
This is why you always check your ticket even if there is not a jackpot winner. Yep, I always check my MM tickets too because of the 4,405,086 combinations that will win something, only one has a chance of winning the jackpot and usually no one picks it but plenty of players pick one of the others and most of them pay $2. * THat which happens most *
* is most likely to happen again * 
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Nashville, TN United States Member #86763 February 9, 2010 427 Posts Offline | | Posted: July 27, 2010, 5:51 pm - IP Logged | |
Sounds like there will be another Clarence Jackson soon :) I hope the winner comes forward in time though. Yall better check yo' s#!t !!! | | |
California United States Member #92358 June 5, 2010 403 Posts Offline | | Posted: July 27, 2010, 8:17 pm - IP Logged | |
This is why you always check your ticket even if there is not a jackpot winner. Yep. I don't check them quickly if there isn't a jackpot winner but I still get around to looking at them within 2 weeks. This makes me think of the guy who had the numbers for the $250,000 prize but lost his ticket, found it 3 days after the deadline and so he couldn't collect. He tried to sue but he lost (and rightly so, he had a year to find it). | | |
NY United States Member #54982 August 21, 2007 5811 Posts Offline | | Posted: July 27, 2010, 10:26 pm - IP Logged | |
Illinois Lottery officials say a player who bought a second-place winning Mega Millions ticket nearly a year ago in Des Plaines needs to redeem the $250,000 ticket by month's end or lose the prize. The second place Mega ticket for the July 31, 2009 drawing was sold at a 7-Eleven store on Lee St. in Des Plaines. The ticket matched all five numbers but missed the Mega Ball. The winning numbers were 17, 35, 44, 52 and 56 with a Mega Ball number of 22 and a Megaplier number of 2. If the winning ticket holder does not come forward by Friday, July 30, the money will be deposited into the Illinois Common School Fund. Players can have tickets verified at any Illinois Lottery retailer across the state. This just goes to show some people don't carefully check tickets. It would be sad if someone did in fact throw it away and it goes unclaimed by the end of the month. Whoever bought the winning ticket could of have $250,000 more ( with taxes taken out ) for themselves and / or, his or her family. I wonder if it was a quick pick ? ...  | | |
Ridge Runner - Oracle of the Appalachians Way back up in them hills, son United States Member #74415 April 28, 2009 8332 Posts Online | | Posted: July 27, 2010, 11:28 pm - IP Logged | |
Could be some guy waiting for his divorce to be final. . The water ain't never gonna run clear til you get the pigs out of the creek.
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Oklahoma United States Member #82920 November 12, 2009 950 Posts Offline | | Posted: July 28, 2010, 8:23 pm - IP Logged | |
Sounds like there will be another Clarence Jackson soon :) I hope the winner comes forward in time though. Yall better check yo' s#!t !!! LoL...... | | |
United States Member #47874 November 4, 2006 3909 Posts Offline | | Posted: July 29, 2010, 5:10 pm - IP Logged | |
Could be some guy waiting for his divorce to be final. ridge you've had a lot of experience with this maybe you can help the poor guy out for a percent.. | | |
United States Member #85364 January 13, 2010 143 Posts Offline | | Posted: July 30, 2010, 2:01 pm - IP Logged | |
Could be some guy waiting for his divorce to be final. I hope it finalizes soon and he has a shrewd enough attorney to keep this from going to the other side. I know in my state, if there is a separation and a windfall like this occurs it is kept out of equitable distribution. | | |
mid-Ohio United States Member #9 March 24, 2001 13438 Posts Offline | | Posted: July 31, 2010, 7:32 pm - IP Logged | |
Could be some guy waiting for his divorce to be final. There once was a Florida woman who left her husband in Illinois and started a thread at LP asking if anyone in Illinois could help her prove an unclaimed lottery prize belonged to her husband who she claimed family members said would rather the state kept the money than claim it and have to split it with her. Maybe this is another such situation. * THat which happens most *
* is most likely to happen again *
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Norfolk,VA United States Member #83765 December 2, 2009 745 Posts Offline | | Posted: August 7, 2010, 2:03 am - IP Logged | |
lol yeah i hope its not another clarence jackson....people just don't want to check there numbers ''YOU CAN PAY FOR SCHOOL BUT, YOU CAN'T BUY CLASS'' | | |
Ridge Runner - Oracle of the Appalachians Way back up in them hills, son United States Member #74415 April 28, 2009 8332 Posts Online | | Posted: August 7, 2010, 5:49 am - IP Logged | |
There once was a Florida woman who left her husband in Illinois and started a thread at LP asking if anyone in Illinois could help her prove an unclaimed lottery prize belonged to her husband who she claimed family members said would rather the state kept the money than claim it and have to split it with her. Maybe this is another such situation. Ha ha ha, now that's cold. . The water ain't never gonna run clear til you get the pigs out of the creek.
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