$400K lottery prize claimed 'just in time'

Comment #17

dopey7719 — Sat, 30 May 2009 11:28:02 GMT

I guess she is the perfect example of a person that actually plays for fun and not to win. She apparently doesn't need the money. Throwing it in an old shoe box AND trusting the USPS...shows that this lady isn't hurting for anything.

Comment #16

Kobra — Sat, 30 May 2009 09:59:27 GMT

i agree, i would have never mailed it in. I'd be laughing straight to the bank with it, ha hahaha ha

Comment #15

wizeguy — Sat, 30 May 2009 04:02:53 GMT

It wasn't me :-(... I buy my tickets in Covington but check them always the night of the draw here at usamega.

Comment #14

JAP69 — Fri, 29 May 2009 15:23:03 GMT

Procrastinator

http://www.humorbin.com/showitem.asp?item=867

Comment #13

FiLUK — Fri, 29 May 2009 14:55:21 GMT

I always check my tickets hours after the draw or somtimes the day after but never any later.

Comment #12

MaddMike51 — Fri, 29 May 2009 11:52:33 GMT

I try to watch the televised drawing if I can.If I can't watch the live drawing,I check the USA MEGA website to see if I won.Sometimes I do both just to make sure the live drawing got it right.

Comment #11

grandpajohn — Fri, 29 May 2009 05:27:06 GMT

I'm the type that I check my tickets and if I win I want the money NOW!!! LOL

Comment #10

Empress-N — Fri, 29 May 2009 05:19:45 GMT

I check my tickets as soon as the results are posted. Some people are just different they play for the heck of it, buy a ticket and dont bother to check it because they dont think they would ever win anything but at the same time they spend the money anyway.

Nothing wrong with that if some people are that way cause when I win I will appreciate those careless people for their contribution.

Comment #9

Vergie6 — Fri, 29 May 2009 00:59:31 GMT

I can't understand people that buy lottery tickets and just throw them in a drawer or worse an old shoebox ....I can't wait to see if I won

Comment #8

grandpajohn — Thu, 28 May 2009 22:53:50 GMT

They had a $200K ticket that wasn't claimed today in Kentucky

across from Cincinnati in Covington.

It had to be claimed by 5pm today.

Comment #7

iGlenn — Thu, 28 May 2009 22:42:37 GMT

The ticket was mailed to lottery headquarters in Middletown where officials confirmed Stover as the winner.

I'm speechless.

Comment #6

TheGameGrl — Thu, 28 May 2009 22:39:06 GMT

My workplace is two blocks over from this town. Trust me its not surprising that someone living there would forget or toss it to the side. They are more dedicated to other matters then winning a lottery. Rather simple folks that reside there.

The most pertubing part was the FACT she let them mail it. THe Lottery headquarters is literally a 15 minute drive over the freeway !

Seriously now, if ya win 400K you can at least spend two bucks in gas to get you to the claims office....I would have... [ More ]

Comment #5

marlon39 — Thu, 28 May 2009 21:59:04 GMT

Congratulations

Comment #4

larry3100 — Thu, 28 May 2009 21:03:34 GMT

If I ever get a big win in the lottery I would never send my winning ticket in the mail. What would have happend if that ticket Brenda sent in was lost ?. I could only guess. The lottery headquarters denies Brenda her winning ticket or Brenda must wait one year to claim the lottery money . When I win the big one, I'm going right to the lottery headquarters and claim my win.

Comment #3

time*treat — Thu, 28 May 2009 20:57:15 GMT

Lucky it wasn't a leap year.

Comment #2

Tenaj — Thu, 28 May 2009 19:30:33 GMT

Congratulations to her. I'm glad she found it in time.

Comment #1

BORGUSX — Thu, 28 May 2009 17:44:29 GMT

I don't get some people. If you were going to buy a lottery ticket,you better go check the numbers within a week,so you don't forget about the ticket and in my case,I would be thinking about the drawn numbers all day. Since,I would be anxious about if I won or not.

$400K lottery prize claimed 'just in time'

Lottery Post — Thu, 28 May 2009 16:15:23 GMT

Pennsylvania winner says ticket shoved in shoebox for nearly a year

A winning Powerball lottery ticket worth $400,000 sold in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, last year was set to expire today.

But just hours before the deadline, Lottery officials announced that a winner came forward.

Two weeks ago Pennsylvania Lottery officials started asking players to check their old tickets.

Pennsylvania Lottery officials announced that the winner is Brenda Stover, of New Cumberland, who validate... [ More ]