12 weeks to get your check

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mikeintexas — Tue, 04 Apr 2017 20:33:58 GMT

While I was looking for per capita lottery spending for ea. state, I saw that Delaware has just ten employees. Granted, it's a small state, but how many of those ten are in the positions where they check winners? I wonder how many California has for just that? It also makes me wonder that if this recent increase in the # of winners is simply an anomaly or if they've changed the odds and expect the # to stay constant w/ the increase? If it's not permanent, then they might very well need to lay people off after the rush is over. Then again, just how many people get laid off from those types of jobs?... [ More ]

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music* — Mon, 27 Mar 2017 19:30:15 GMT

lejardin, I believe it is the total workload there. They are swamped with winners. I guess they were not ready for more winners than usual.

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lejardin — Mon, 27 Mar 2017 15:09:34 GMT

It used to say 6 to 8 weeks. Guess California wants that interest for another couple weeks. What takes 3 months to get money from other states? All the other states do not take that long.

Original Blog Entry: 12 weeks to get your check

music* — Mon, 27 Mar 2017 01:18:23 GMT

I just read the California's, Winner's Handbook. In the General Questions page, it is written, That it will take up to 12 weeks from the claim date for the check to get to you. Three whole months! Unbelievable.

www.calottery.com click on the win tab. Look to the left side of the page and find Winner's handbook.