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Eastern Time (GMT-5:00) | $77M Powerball lottery ticket to expire Monday Powerball: $77M Powerball lottery ticket to expire Monday52 Rating:What would you do if you won a $77 million lottery jackpot? What would you do if you didn't discover that you had the winning ticket until AFTER the deadline for claiming the prize? That's the scenario that could play out next week, because the 180-day window for the Georgia Lottery player who won the June 29 Powerball jackpot to come forward slams shut on Monday. That winning ticket, with the numbers 24, 30, 45, 57, and 59, with Powerball number 26, was sold at the Pilot Travel Center truck stop along I-20 just inside the state from Alabama, and so far, no one has come forward to stake a claim to the huge jackpot. Since players have just 180 days to claim any prize from online games, next Tuesday will be too late to claim the money, according to Georgia Lottery spokeswoman Tandi Reddick. "Unclaimed Powerball jackpot prize funds are returned proportionately to each participating state based on that state's sales for the particular drawing," Reddick said. She said that in Georgia, unclaimed prize money goes back into the prize pool for future games and for special prize promotions, and is ultimately paid out to players. Multimillion-dollar jackpots would normally need to be claimed at Georgia Lottery headquarters in downtown Atlanta or one of the seven district lottery offices around the state, but if you happen to find that $77 million jackpot-winning ticket after Thursday, don't go to one of those offices, because they will be closed Friday through Monday for Christmas. "The winner can claim at the Georgia Lottery kiosks at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, located in the baggage claim areas of the North and South terminals," Reddick said. Those kiosks will be open from 7 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. on Friday and Monday, from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday and from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Sunday. AJC, Lottery Post Staff 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. 28 comments. Last comment 1 year ago by .
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| | Posted: December 22, 2011, 9:48 am - IP Logged | |
Sadly, that ticket is probably resting peacefully in a landfill, or was forgotten in an overstuffed draw of hodgepodge. Good-by 77 Million dollars, it was nice knowing you for the last 6 months!  | | |
PA United States Member #66644 October 16, 2008 1285 Posts Offline | | Posted: December 22, 2011, 10:00 am - IP Logged | |
Why do these people play the lottery ................ 
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nc United States Member #99550 October 26, 2010 192 Posts Offline | | Posted: December 22, 2011, 11:26 am - IP Logged | |
May this winner never know they won....if they don't find the ticket before the deadline! Can you imagine the anguish you would go through? | | |
Orlando, FL United States Member #115805 August 28, 2011 259 Posts Offline | | Posted: December 22, 2011, 11:39 am - IP Logged | |
May this winner never know they won....if they don't find the ticket before the deadline! Can you imagine the anguish you would go through? what a waste of good money. I have lots of bills that need to be paid. | | |
S.E.Iowa United States Member #120520 December 21, 2011 534 Posts Offline | | Posted: December 22, 2011, 1:45 pm - IP Logged | |
Probably the same idiot that bought the Hot Lotto ticket in Iowa that expires at the end of the month. | | |
Pennsylvania United States Member #74607 May 2, 2009 14050 Posts Offline | | Posted: December 22, 2011, 2:16 pm - IP Logged | |
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United States Member #13375 March 30, 2005 2171 Posts Offline | | Posted: December 22, 2011, 3:50 pm - IP Logged | |
If the prize isn't claimed, does the money go back into the pool and give a boost to the current jackpot? In neo-conned Amerika, bank robs you.
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Mcminnville, Oregon United States Member #3070 December 13, 2003 1912 Posts Offline | | Posted: December 22, 2011, 3:51 pm - IP Logged | |
This will make it the largest unclaimed ticket in lottery history. What a shame someone didn't cash it in.-weshar75 | | |
Orlando, FL United States Member #115805 August 28, 2011 259 Posts Offline | | Posted: December 22, 2011, 4:37 pm - IP Logged | |
If the prize isn't claimed, does the money go back into the pool and give a boost to the current jackpot? Hi There, Nope. | | |
Massachusetts United States Member #37842 April 14, 2006 1011 Posts Offline | | Posted: December 22, 2011, 4:40 pm - IP Logged | |
180 days is too short a time for the state to gladly pocket the money. A year is more sensible, I think. Maybe imposing heavy fines for those who collect past the deadline is more sensible than the state just keeping all the money. I dont understand the rationale for denying a tardy winner his or her jackpot. What do you guys think? | | |
Ridge Runner - Oracle of the Appalachians Way back up in them dadgum hills, son! United States Member #74415 April 28, 2009 12618 Posts Offline | | Posted: December 22, 2011, 5:01 pm - IP Logged | |
Just inside the Alabama line? Ain't no tellin' where that ticket is. Alabama peoples is crazy. Lotta fun though. I knowed some good ol' boys down there, Mississippi too. We used to tear it up down there, lawd have mersay, whole lotta shakin' goin' on. We'd be sippin' on shine til our heads got swole. 90 miles an hour down a dead end road, slinging gravel ever which a way, shotguns blastin' the dadgum roadsigns, yeeee haaaa! .
“Let us disappoint the men who are raising themselves upon the ruin of this Country.” -- John Adams
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| | Posted: December 22, 2011, 5:08 pm - IP Logged | |
Hmmmm, sounds like the winning ticket has been lost. The person who won could also have died thereby not telling anyone. | | |
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Douglasville United States Member #120130 December 10, 2011 13 Posts Offline | | Posted: December 22, 2011, 5:14 pm - IP Logged | |
I am unhappy to say I'm very familiar with that truck stop... Unfortunately that is a truck stop along the I-20 interstate which is a major travel stop along a busy travel route extending from texas to south carloina. the location of that store is actually on the stretch of interstate leading into and out of atlanta about 3 miles east of the border with alabama. that ticket, if not in the trash, is in some truck traveling the country. | | |
Gurnee, Illinois United States Member #50189 February 12, 2007 711 Posts Offline | | Posted: December 22, 2011, 5:54 pm - IP Logged | |
I am unhappy to say I'm very familiar with that truck stop... Unfortunately that is a truck stop along the I-20 interstate which is a major travel stop along a busy travel route extending from texas to south carloina. the location of that store is actually on the stretch of interstate leading into and out of atlanta about 3 miles east of the border with alabama. that ticket, if not in the trash, is in some truck traveling the country.  And I imagine it is a truck driver who was getting by on $400 per week. Or it could have been a family traveling with a RV full of pets and one of the dogs ate the winning ticket. In any case, it is just too bad I wasn't driving along that corridor at that time. I guarantee you I would never let a jackpot ticket expire without me claiming the prize.
Get MONEY!!! Winning a JACKPOT lottery is all the HOPE and CHANGE I desire!!! NOW give me MONEY! | | |
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