Some lottery winners missing their jackpots

Comment #12

JackpotWanna — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 21:39:55 GMT

This story brings tears to my eyes. All that money

Comment #11

bigbankhank$ — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 20:37:39 GMT

I recently read everyone who plays should save all there losing tickets.When you do your annual taxes, those losing tickets can be used to offset taxes applied to large winning tickets. So not only do I save my losing tickets, I occasionally double check my losers. I check them on the state website and the retailers barcode machines. So if I overlook a winner, I may find it when I double check them. So far I have found a couple one dollar winners. I never give my tickets to a retail store clerk

Comment #10

ThatScaryChick — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 17:44:56 GMT

Although people on this board always say don't tell anyone when you win this article is why I think it's important to trust at least one person. I mean, what if I put the ticket in a safe deposit box and while I was making plans to move, got into an accident? It would sit nobody would know.

That is a good idea. I am not so paranoid that I would keep it a complete secret when I won. When I win, my mom and my three sisters will know. I won't be telling a bunch of other people of course, b... [ More ]

Comment #9

justxploring — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 06:52:48 GMT

The story called it a happy ending but someone died in there. The guy reading the paper didn't have such a happy ending.

I caught that too. Poor choice of words I guess.

You won 5/5 ?? Then you won a pick-4 straight? Good job!

Although people on this board always say don't tell anyone when you win this article is why I think it's important to trust at least one person. I mean, what if I put the ticket in a safe deposit box and while I was making plans to move, got into a... [ More ]

Comment #8

Miss Charli — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 04:47:32 GMT

If only I could be there to help these people find their lost - or unclaimed lottery tickets ! ugh I'd be thrilled .. To help them find the ticket

Comment #7

LckyLary — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 01:32:13 GMT

The story called it a happy ending but someone died in there. The guy reading the paper didn't have such a happy ending.

I always mention I found a 5 of 5 ticket 2 weeks after I played it. I was distracted because I had jury duty the next day. You don't want to forget to play your numbers sometimes, in case they come out that time, but you also get so busy sometimes you put the ticket aside to check tomorrow and then tomorrow you don't get to it.

More recently I found a winning P4box b... [ More ]

Comment #6

Litebets27 — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 22:47:04 GMT

I noticed Maryland didn't make that list. I can't believe that we all have such good memories.

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Comment #5

rwsmes — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 22:35:43 GMT

There is also the very real possibility that the winning, but unclaimed tickets were jammed in the printer if an online game, or shredded by the Lottery when a game closes for Scratch tickets.

All things that make you lose sleep if you have ever had a ticket jam on you when you are buying lotto or powerball quick picks.

Comment #4

dumars798 — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 19:52:44 GMT

Comment #3

RJOh — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 18:36:24 GMT

No only do terminals not read tickets correctly but they some times print them incorrectly too. Terminals have printed QPs on tickets that I completed play-slips for, printed different numbers than were on my play-slips or just skip boards that were completed on my play-slips.

I make out play-slips from numbers in my computer so after the drawings I update my lottery files and check the numbers in the computer so if the terminal printed a winner that wasn't on my play-slip, I could have... [ More ]

Comment #2

lmatlaw — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 18:10:12 GMT

I have no sympathy for these people. If they don't have the sense to check their tickets after the drawing, then why did they even buy them in the first place? Just seems dumb to me.

Comment #1

ThatScaryChick — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 17:39:43 GMT

Expired Prizes

The biggest unclaimed, expired prizes for tickets bought in a sampling of states:

* California: $28.5 million

* Delaware: $5 million

* Florida: $30.1 million

* Indiana: $51.7 million

* Iowa: $610,000

* Missouri: $1.7 million

* Illinois: $14 million

* Kansas: $200,000

* Kentucky: $1.2 million

* Montana: $100,000

* New Hampshire: $2 million

* New Jersey: $19 million

* New Mexico: $270,000

* North Dakota: $20,... [ More ]

Some lottery winners missing their jackpots

Lottery Post — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 12:14:51 GMT

True story:

Elderly man reads the newspaper every morning in the bathroom.

He dies. Widow picks up the old papers, finds a Powerball ticket.

Her kids insist: Mom, check it out. She does just in time!

Widow claims a $100,000 prize the day before the ticket expires.

That story from Karen Emery, deputy director of the Arizona Lottery is a rare happy ending in the history of long-lost lottery tickets.

More than a half-billion dollars in lottery prizes went uncollected last y... [ More ]