Time running out to claim $184,000 lottery ticket

Comment #6

myzeus — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 05:07:45 GMT

Maybe it was a poor homeless guy that came in to get some booze and decided he had enough money to get a lottery ticket. It happens you know. Then maybe he lost the ticket. Anything could have happened.

Comment #5

Abdi — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 13:48:09 GMT

Wow,Wow,-Wonderful,wonderful Over $ 184,000 going unclaimed? Such a very sad News to read,-

I wish the ticket owner could come forward to claim his/her Prize.But I am quite sure that the Money will go unclaimed after staying Idle for over 170 days.

I cannot afford to loose any of My Tickets.

Comment #4

barbos — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 22:09:29 GMT

That store is located in the poorest neibourhood of Los Angeles, so if the owner had that ticket it would already be claimed a long ago... Apparently was discarded or didn't survive a trip to washing mashine.

Comment #3

LckyLary — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 02:40:20 GMT

I'll never forget the cold Winter night, in the supermarket parking lot, underneath an SUV was a lottery ticket. It looked fresh so I reached under and picked it up. It showed a future drawing date on it. I turned it in to the Store but I memorized the numbers. It turned out to match 3 of 5 no BB.

Imagine if it had the other 3 numbers or even 2. And how many more are floating around that nobody thinks about picking up.

At least they tell you a week before the ticket expires that it's uncla... [ More ]

Comment #2

JackpotWanna — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 14:07:21 GMT

Yeah, very sad.

Comment #1

ThatScaryChick — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 04:49:20 GMT

It would be horrible to lose out on that money.

Time running out to claim $184,000 lottery ticket

Lottery Post — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 21:15:48 GMT

California Lottery officials say time is running out for the buyer of a winning Mega Millions ticket at a Watts liquor store to collect the $184,000 prize.

The ticket was purchased at Astro Liquor, at the corner of South Avalon Boulevard and East Century Boulevard, before the April 25 drawing. The winning numbers on the ticket are 19, 32, 37, 45 and 52, and the Mega number is 41.

The 180-day claim period for the ticket ends in one week, after which the funds, if they remain unclaimed, will... [ More ]