$800,000 lottery ticket expires Wednesday

Comment #6

markp1950 — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 04:48:54 GMT

It was mine, it really was. Believe me?

Look at the list of unclaimed in Illinois...

http://illinoislottery.com/subsections/Unclaimed.asp

MarkP

Comment #5

JackpotWanna — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:14:21 GMT

I hope someone claims the jackpot.

Comment #4

jeb31 — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 12:02:16 GMT

How can you not know you won? I always check my tickets twice before I throw them away.

Comment #3

RJOh — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 20:30:26 GMT

There probably will one or two players who think they may have misplaced or lost it and try to make a claim. That use to work but lately I haven't heard of anyone being successful making a claim that way.

Comment #2

MaddMike51 — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 20:18:20 GMT

Comment #1

ThatScaryChick — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 18:02:10 GMT

Hopefully someone claims it before it expires. That is a lot of money to miss out on.

$800,000 lottery ticket expires Wednesday

Lottery Post — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 17:31:53 GMT

A winning lottery ticket worth $800,000 sold in Belton, South Carolina, expires this Wednesday, and the lottery has not heard from the ticket's owner.

The MegaMatch 6 ticket was bought about six months ago at a KMO store in Belton. The winning numbers in the Jan. 2 drawing were 4, 7, 17, 18, 25 and 28.

Winning tickets must be claimed in person by the end of the business day within 180 days of the draw date printed on the ticket. Claims are made at one of three lottery claims centers, locat... [ More ]