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Man barely makes deadline to claim $1.5 million lottery prizeNews Story
With about four hours to spare, a Detroit father of two showed up at the Michigan Lottery offices to claim a $1.5 million prize from the Jan. 8, 2005, Winfall game.The winning ticket was sold the day of the drawing at a Meijer store in Roseville. It would have expired at the end of the business day Monday, with the money reverting to the state's public education fund.The man, who was not identified, told lottery officials that he put the ticket in a jacket pocket and forgot about it. He said he
Jan 10, 2006, 7:45 am - Todd - Lottery News

First $10 million Powerball Double Play ticket goes unclaimed in MarylandNews Story
Deadline to claim prize passes a year after the milestone drawing By Kate Northrop The nation's first winning $10 million Powerball Double Play ticket sold in Maryland went unclaimed earlier this week after a full year of waiting for the historical winner to come forward. On the night of Sept. 27, 2021, a lottery player in Maryland made history when they bought a Powerball ticket with the Double Play option and won the very first $10 million top prize from the add-on feature's extr
Mar 31, 2022, 1:23 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Third $1 million lottery prize goes unclaimed in Michigan this yearNews Story
Michigan residents apparently aren't checking their lottery tickets, as a $1 million prize went unclaimed on Thursday for the third time this year, the state lottery said. The lottery reported the ticket expired at 4:45 p.m. and was purchased at the Speedway gas station located at 10070 Highland Road in Hartland. The money now goes to the state School Aid Fund, the lottery said. In Michigan, Powerball tickets are valid for one year after the drawing date. (A list of lottery ticket expirati
Oct 4, 2019, 9:07 am - Todd - Lottery News

Lottery player going to court over Powerball ticketNews Story
Richard Termite Allender is on a mission to find the winner of a $100,000 Powerball ticket sold March 12 at Joes Junction in Trafalgar.Allender believes hes the winner. But if hes not, the Brown County resident said he wants to help the deserving winner claim the prize. And hes prepared to press the Indiana State Lottery Commission until it pays someone, or until hes exhausted all his legal options.After a six-month battle, the commission agreed to release the time the winning ticket was purchas
Oct 13, 2003, 3:54 am - Todd - Lottery News

Lottery winner can seek bigger prize at trial, judge rulesReply
Which rule If the prize goes unclaimed by the deadline, according to the Mega Millions website, each participating state in the Mega Millions game will get back all the money that state contributed to the unclaimed jackpot. States set their own priorities on how they spend that unclaimed prize money And it sure looks like the Hot Lotto prize Shaw tried claim for Tipton's trust was defined as an unclaimed prize and distributed among the participating states. the prize money the lotter
May 26, 2019, 11:56 pm - Stack47 - Lottery News

Reducing Lottery RewardsNews Story
Some Florida legislators figure that the way to sell more lottery tickets is to reduce the size or number of prizes the players can win. It's something that will be attempted during the 2004 session that begins in March -- and, given the financial philosophy of this Legislature, it has a good chance of passage.This is, after all, the same Legislature that set in motion the largest telephone rate hike in state history using the logic that if rates were increased, there would be more competition f
Jan 9, 2004, 5:15 am - Todd - Lottery News

Ireland Lottery advertising claims under scrutinyNews Story
The Ireland Lottery has been told by an ad standards body to be clearer over claims that 90 per cent of National Lottery money goes back into the community. The Advertising Standards Authority for Ireland welcomed Lotto chiefs' vow to to include a qualification, about the reinvestment of unclaimed prize money in future similar advertising after a complaint by an Oireachtas Committee. The television ad in question featured a shopkeeper and a customer. When the customer placed her lot
Jan 24, 2024, 10:51 am - Todd - Lottery News

Ct. man claims he lost $254M Powerball ticketReply
I'm sure whoever won in CT is biding their time and consulting with advisors before claiming their prize, but there's still an unclaimed Powerball jackpot from GA on June 29... so I went looking for what really happens to unclaimed prizes. Here's the FAQ from the Powerball website: WHAT HAPPENS TO UNCLAIMED PRIZES? Except for the jackpot (and the BONUS prize whenever it is in effect), all unclaimed prizes are kept by the lottery jurisdiction that has the winner. About half of the lotteries
Nov 8, 2011, 3:26 pm - VAHopeful - Lottery News

$6 million in Illinois lottery prizes unclaimedNews Story
If you are a regular player of the Illinois Lottery's Mega Millions or Little Lotto games, your winning ticket may be right under your nose. Or in a coat pocket in the hall closet. Or being used as a bookmark in a novel.More than $6 million in prize money sits unclaimed the largest being a $900,000 Little Lotto jackpot drawn Oct. 2. The winning ticket was purchased at Dempster Mobil, 4002 Dempster in Skokie, with the numbers 3-14-22-24-34.While all of this year's Lotto and instant tickets have
Dec 26, 2005, 8:11 am - Todd - Lottery News

Unclaimed UK Lottery Prizes Soar to £100m RecordNews Story
Unclaimed UK National Lottery prize money rose to a record 100 million (US$182 million) last year, the Department of Culture, Media and Sport confirmed today.The figure the highest since the game was launched was up from 73 million (US$133 million) the previous year.After 180 days all unclaimed prize money plus the interest accrued goes to the National Lottery Distribution Fund, the DCMS said.The money is then allocated to good causes around the country.Lottery operator Camelot said the un
Jun 17, 2005, 2:03 pm - Todd - Lottery News