$200,000 Powerball lottery prize goes unclaimed

Comment #14

wizeguy — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 19:09:23 GMT

'Hooked on Phonics' Many schools don't care anymore if you can spell correctly as long as you can basically get your point across. Even a lot of folks my age mix up such words such as your and you're, they're and their, etc.

But as long as there's still spelling bee contests I have hope! There are 4th graders that can spell words I've never heard of! I fail miserably at the 'Are you smarter than a 5th grader' tv show. All the Astronomy I had to know in grade school was the planets and their o... [ More ]

Comment #13

Todd — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 23:41:00 GMT

That's a good catch, and pretty funny too! I'll bet it's actually the reporter's fault. The reporter probably does not understand what a bearer instrument is and heard bare instrument . Funny

Comment #12

halinjer$ey — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 15:50:03 GMT

Lunsford said A lottery ticket is a bare instrument should be a bearer instrument .

Comment #11

psykomo — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 00:52:02 GMT

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PSYKOMO

Comment #10

bytheshore — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 18:41:09 GMT

The latest Powerball winning ticket seller already received a check for $100,000 even though the winning ticket hasn't been turned in it yet, so...I was misreading that sentence.

I vaguely remember that story. Why do people buy lottery tickets only to put them away and forget about them? Makes no sense.

Edit:

The Colorado couple story -

https://www.lotterypost.com/news/124464

43 minutes before the ticket expired, they turned it in! That's just plain crazy.

Comment #9

justxploring — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 15:24:44 GMT

That's not the way I read the statement at first, but maybe you're right. I don't think that's fair. Florida posts signs at the location to find the winner and has a download on its website. They usually start looking for the winner about 60 days before the 180 days period is up. Then they announce it on the local news.

Todd once posted a story about a couple in Colorado who were watching the 11:00 news, heard that someone in their area won, so they checked their ticket. I think they put it... [ More ]

Comment #8

bytheshore — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 22:12:30 GMT

Lunsford said businesses that sell a winning ticket receive a bonus prize if the ticket is claimed, but the location won't be revealed if it is not.

So I guess since the ticket wasn't claimed, whoever sold it doesn't get the bonus prize? That store owner must be disappointed.

Comment #7

RJOh — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 17:47:27 GMT

In some states if he had also said which store, the time, the date and other combinations on the ticket if they were a regular group of numbers he played then there would have been enough evidents to warrant an investigation that might have awarded him the money.

Chances are if he could remember even having a tickets with winning numbers he could have offered more information had he been telling the truth. If he bought a quick pick, chances are he wouldn't have look at it and remembered any... [ More ]

Comment #6

justxploring — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 17:21:21 GMT

Good catch clever response. Reminds me of when Jay Leno has Headlines

That was the way it was reported (not an LP error

Comment #5

GamerMom — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 13:49:05 GMT

i almost believe the guy that washed it. it's not like he tried to claim it, he just called them to say nobody would claim it because he washed it. Boy would i be kicking my own backside. But then again that wouldn't happen to me because I use one of those plastic pouches they give you to put your tickets in

Comment #4

noahproblem — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 10:55:13 GMT

A lottery ticket is a bare instrument,

Well, if you lose your shirt playing the lottery I guess that's true...

Comment #3

Lotto*Love — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 04:20:29 GMT

I guess one could accidently wash the ticket and destroy it...I would sooooooo be crying. Remember to hold your ticket close till the drawing! Then when you see its a dude.........Kick it to the curb.....or for some....the loss basket. lol

I wonder if its wise to say where the ticket was exactly sold now that the time has lapsed. That person would def know it was him/her. Have they already said

Comment #2

ThatScaryChick — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 04:04:00 GMT

I actually think it is a good idea to not tell people where the ticket was purchased until after someone claims it or it expires. Judging by the article, too many people come out of the woodwork claiming that they won, when they really didn't.

Comment #1

justxploring — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 01:15:50 GMT

Lunsford said businesses that sell a winning ticket receive a bonus prize if the ticket is claimed, but the location won't be revealed if it is not.

Not listing the location makes sense to me, at least until the money has been claimed. The retailer where the winning ticket was sold is posted the next morning on the FL website. I wonder if they'll still do that when PB comes to Florida in January. Still, there are times I'm not sure where I bought my ticket, although I can narrow it down... [ More ]

$200,000 Powerball lottery prize goes unclaimed

Lottery Post — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 00:50:14 GMT

One lucky Powerball winner from Kansas isn't so lucky after the deadline expired for claiming a $200,000 prize.

Kansas Lottery officials said they heard some real doozies last week from people trying to grab a share of the unclaimed riches, but despite that, Friday's deadline passed without the winning ticket showing up.

Just because none could produce the winning ticket, it didn't prevent at least 100 people from trying to claim the money as their own.

Some guy called twice I'm not... [ More ]