Md. man claims $250K prize 1 day before deadline

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JONNIE — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 07:38:37 GMT

What are the odds? The ones that dont check their tickets end up winning, while the ones that check the numbers constantly almost never seem to win....

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sully16 — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 03:00:23 GMT

thats got me thinking... maybe i should turn my coupon organizer into a lottery ticket organizer. if some one markets that remember my cut.

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dphillips — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 15:15:10 GMT

Yes, the winner should have checked the ticket earlier. However, at least the ticket was claimed -- one hour before the deadline: that's really cutting it close!

One day, we might read about a winner claiming a ticket one hour before the deadline -- now, that would be dinner conversation.

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rdgrnr — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 15:04:29 GMT

Another example of why so many jackpots go unclaimed. You have to wonder why people buy tickets and then don't check them. Or maybe it's people with bad memories or something. My guess would be that it's people who don't play on a regular basis so it's not naturally high on their list of things to do. Then they forget about it.

I'm glad to see he got it though.

Md. man claims $250K prize 1 day before deadline

Lottery Post — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 14:54:46 GMT

An Elkton, Maryland, man claimed a $250,000 Mega Millions prize with one day left before he missed the deadline.

The 52-year-old man, whose name wasn't released by Maryland Lottery officials last week, was preparing to pay his truck insurance Dec. 18 when he happened upon the ticket that was bought in June.

It's up for renewal every six months, the winner said of his insurance. I was putting the insurance papers in my console, and that's when I saw the Mega Millions ticket.

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