$2.5 million Illinois lottery ticket expires
Somebody out there just lost $2.5 million.That's how much an Illinois Lotto ticket sold in a Calumet City liquor store on May 3, 2003, was worth -- until 5 p.m. Monday. Now it's worth nothing because the one-year time limit to cash the ticket has passed.The ticket, with the numbers 03-23-28-29-38-42, was sold at Torrence Liquors, 616 Torrence Ave. in the south suburb.If you find it in your wallet or drawer, maybe the liquor store will buy you a drink. Lottery agents collect their 1 percent fee ( ...
May 4, 2004, 6:59 am - Lottery News forum
Nebraska Senators to allocate lottery winnings
Somewhere, someone who bought a lottery ticket in Papillion, NE in January is sitting on $100,000 The prize money - for a ticket matching all but one number in the Jan. 21 Powerball drawing - has yet to be claimed. And the late July deadline to cash in is nearing.Every year, more than $2 million in winning lottery tickets are unclaimed, said Tom Harre, financial consultant to the Nebraska Lottery Division.After 180 days, the money reverts to the lottery division - an inadvertent gift from the o ...
Mar 23, 2004, 4:49 am - Lottery News forum
$239 Million Mega Millions Lottery Jackpot Remains Unclaimed
Nearly a month after a Mega Millions ticket matched all six numbers to win a $239 million jackpot, the whereabouts of that ticket -- and the identity of the person who bought it -- are still unknown.The ticket was purchased at Red Apple in Stephens City, Virginia for the February 20, 2004 Mega Millions drawing. It was the only ticket in that drawing to match the winning numbers 01-13-20-21-30 and the Mega Ball number 24.Since that drawing there has been a large amount of speculation, but no one ...
Mar 16, 2004, 12:44 pm - Lottery News forum
$28.5 million California lottery ticket unclaimed
California's public schools appeared to be the big winners Monday night when a $28.5 million lottery ticket went unclaimed after six months.This was the 14th - and largest - unclaimed jackpot since the lottery started in 1985, according to lottery officials. All unclaimed money goes to the state's public schools. We were excited about it, but no one's come in, California Lottery spokeswoman Rosa Escutia said shortly after the deadline.Escutia said lottery officials probably will hold a press co ...
Mar 9, 2004, 4:38 am - Lottery News forum
Record Mega Millions jackpot still unclaimed
It's been 12 days since the single winning ticket for the $239 million Mega Millions lottery was announced, but no one has claimed the jackpot.Officials of the 11-state Mega Millions lottery say the winning ticket was sold Feb. 20 at the Red Apple convenience store in Stephens City, Va., the Washington Post reported Wednesday.Penelope Kyle, executive director of the Virginia Lottery, said two mysterious lawyers called her office to say they represented the winner but they both have vanished.Ot ...
Mar 4, 2004, 4:30 am - Lottery News forum
$28.5 million lottery jackpot remains unclaimed
Going ... going ... not quite gone.The mystery winner holding the missing jackpot lottery ticket from the Sept. 10 California SuperLotto Plus drawing has until March 8 -- that's Monday -- to claim the $28.5 million prize. After that, the money goes into the public schools pot. We've been wondering for over six months, said Mona Sanders, the California Lottery sales representative for the San Lorenzo store that sold the winning ticket. Someone asks every day if the winning ticket has been tur ...
Mar 2, 2004, 5:57 am - Lottery News forum
Indiana store looking for lottery winner
The $100,000 ticket has gone unclaimedSomebody's pipe dream has come true - and the winner doesn't even know it yet.Riegel's Pipe Tobacco Shop, 624 S. Calhoun St., sold a Powerball ticket worth $100,000 on Nov. 22. But nobody has come to claimed the prize, said Frank Bougher, assistant manager.Signs were up in the downtown shop today asking the anonymous winner to come forward. If nobody claims the prize (by the deadline for) the drawing, the state gets to keep the money, Bougher said. We ha ...
Feb 10, 2004, 6:49 am - Lottery News forum
Florida Lottery Seeks Winner Of July 23 Fantasy 5
$61,000 Ticket Sold At Pembroke Pines Convenience StoreThe Florida Lottery is looking for the winner of an unclaimed Fantasy 5 ticket worth $61,796.56.Officials say someone bought the winning ticket for the July 23 drawing at the 7-Eleven store at 7090 Hollywood Blvd. in Pembroke Pines.The winning numbers on that ticket are 09-12-15-22-33.The 180-day time limit to claim the prize expires at midnight on Jan. 19th.Lottery officials said the ticket can be validated at any store selling Florida Lott ...
Jan 8, 2004, 5:13 am - Lottery News forum
OH-NO!" Woman claims $162 million Mega Millions ticket lost
A Cleveland woman has told police she picked the winning numbers for the $162 million Mega Millions lottery jackpot but lost the ticket before the drawing, according to a police report.Elecia Battle told police she dropped her purse as she left the Quick Shop Food Mart in suburban South Euclid last week after buying the ticket. She said she realized after the drawing last Tuesday that the ticket was missing.The Ohio Lottery said last week that the winning ticket was sold at the store, about 15 ...
Jan 5, 2004, 8:39 pm - Lottery News forum
Lottery, legislators tug at unclaimed jackpots
A record-setting $50 million lottery ticket that went unclaimed looks likely to be more bad luck, this time for the Florida Lottery.The largest jackpot left on the table in Florida history is inspiring a flood of legislation requiring that such dollars go directly to education not back into future prizes or promotions as current law allows.The Florida Lottery warns such a move could backfire, reducing payouts and, in turn, the volume of ticket sales.Some state legislators, eager to pump money in ...
Dec 24, 2003, 6:51 am - Lottery News forum
