Oklahoma lottery winners not in a hurry to claim prizes

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ochoop17 — Fri, 30 Jun 2006 12:37:14 GMT

If the prizes aren't claimed, the first half-million goes to the state Department of Mental Health, to help treat compulsive gambling. The rest goes back into the overall pool, for future prizes or special promotions

Maybe someone from the Dept. of Mental Health won prizes

Comment #4

LckyLary — Fri, 30 Jun 2006 03:10:15 GMT

I don't hear 33 times as many stories about people getting hit by lightning as Powerball winner stories. Those odds are a little off because:

- The odds of getting hit by lightning are higher if you stand under tall trees during a thunderstorm; lower if you are smart enough not to. Are those odds for a person's entire lifetime or per thunderstorm or something?

- The odds of winning the jackpot by buying ONE ticket your ENTIRE life are 33 times higher - do you know anyone who played onl... [ More ]

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runner9175 — Thu, 29 Jun 2006 23:36:07 GMT

I believe the reason so many have not come forward may be because the MACHINES HAVE NOT WORKED. These people may not have checked their numbers and just relied on the retailers' machines, which can report incorrectly. I have seen this first hand... the machine read the ticket wrong, but I already knew it was a winner, so the clerk kept trying. It FINALLY told the clerk that I was a winner. I know of one person who threw away their ticket from one of these locations that have unclaimed prize... [ More ]

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LOTTOMIKE — Thu, 29 Jun 2006 19:51:05 GMT

garth brooks might've been there to visit his home state and got together with toby keith and they bought all the combinations to win.lol

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bellyache — Thu, 29 Jun 2006 16:11:21 GMT

Maybe the person who won the $100 million powerball there recently is getting things together before turning in the ticket. If I were them I wouldn't rush it either.

Oklahoma lottery winners not in a hurry to claim prizes

Lottery Post — Thu, 29 Jun 2006 16:00:12 GMT

Oklahoma retailers have sold winning lottery tickets totaling nearly $110 million, but ten winners have yet to claim more than $102 million in prizes.

News on 6 anchor Tami Marler explains why they might be waiting to come forward.

You're 33 times more likely to be killed by a bolt of lightening than win a Powerball jackpot, but just five months into Oklahoma's participation in the 31-state lottery, a Broken Arrow Quik Trip sold a winning ticket worth $101.8-million.

It's not Oklahom... [ More ]