$2.5M Indiana lottery ticket found in the nick of time

Comment #30

Guru101 — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 06:47:56 GMT

I'm glad they got it.

Comment #29

jrosina — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 04:45:17 GMT

Oh! You are siging my song tiggs

Comment #28

tiggs95 — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 03:20:34 GMT

That's my way of being serious..Ease up..Maybe you've been listening to ridgy to much..Mello out we are here for just a little bit..Do you not believe we are all Gods children..Love one anoher and all that stuff..Wow what am I saying???...

Comment #27

jrosina — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 00:06:16 GMT

If you are going to make fun of me because I agree with something you said Then Forget It

Comment #26

tiggs95 — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 20:20:43 GMT

jrosina agrees with tiggs so tiggs has to be right..Oh yeah baby!!!..Thank you jrosina..

Comment #25

jrosina — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 18:43:00 GMT

I Agree fishy to the high heavens

Comment #24

tiggs95 — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 15:19:52 GMT

This is my 2nd [ost on this..I just bought a ticket for tonight and tossed it in the garbage before the draw..If people will believe this story they'll believe anything..You don't buy a lottery ticket and let it sit for almost before the time runs out to cash it then say I found it at the last minute..Fishy..

Comment #23

wizeguy — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 14:09:15 GMT

I see now the year on the check was 2011. Doh! I've still not adjusted to 2010. His uncashed ticket wouldn't have turned worthless until Feb 23rd, 2010.

Comment #22

sully16 — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 12:30:04 GMT

Good for them I hate to see big money go unclaimed. Congrats White family.

Comment #21

time*treat — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 11:47:29 GMT

It wouldn't matter. Some states give you a year; Indiana prizes must be claimed within 180 days of the drawing.

Comment #20

time*treat — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 11:42:40 GMT

You're a good friend to have.

Comment #19

Dollar419 — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 01:41:55 GMT

Talk about fate...it was meant to be that they were blessed to win this money; it was waiting for them for six months--however, the taxes took a great big bite out of their winnings---I hope the additional taxes they may have to pay won't be too much more. CONGRATULATIONS-WTG--THE WHITE FAMILY--ENJOY SPENDING YOUR WINFALL

Comment #18

charmed7 — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 20:35:52 GMT

congrats to the white family, its always good to save those tickets, never know!

don't have cigar box, but i do let my ticket bill up and cash them in when they reach

100.00 or more.

Comment #17

Rowen — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 20:33:29 GMT

yep just expect to get 25% of the announced jackpot when you win because that's what left after splitting it in half for lump sump and 40% taxes. That if you're the only winner too

Comment #16

Rowen — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 20:26:27 GMT

Yeah we men would be so clueless without our wives or girlfriends sometimes hehe

And I can see them forgetting to check their tickets because life and family can keep you busy.

I swear the state lotto are crooked when they only give your 3- 6 months to collect. It should be a year like multistates ones. States are just trying to get something for nothing.

Comment #15

konane — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 19:37:19 GMT

Congratulations to them! Definitely an angel sitting on their shoulders.

Comment #14

wizeguy — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 14:27:45 GMT

Congrats to the White family

Comment #13

wizeguy — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 06:05:00 GMT

Shouldn't the date on that have been Feb 23

Comment #12

ThatScaryChick — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 05:18:14 GMT

Haha, funny

Comment #11

cosmotravis — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 05:16:02 GMT

he was a manager and she was a p.o. they're def in a higher income level then most of us.

i often wondered if my current worries would multiply if i was a sexy hollywood star.

maybe it's better to be poor and ugly with a dream.

Comment #10

grave — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 01:01:12 GMT

yeah and then he might say '' WHY YOU LITTLE'' and start to choke lori....lol

Comment #9

Todd — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 00:33:01 GMT

This is what their picture would look like if Lori White didn't remind her husband to check the lottery ticket...

Comment #8

Todd — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 00:12:07 GMT

I agree, can you imagine the guy finding the ticket a year later, mixed in with his books? Assuming he would check the numbers, I think he would feel pretty stupid.

Comment #7

HaveABall — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 20:03:13 GMT

Corious$, that small, walk-away-with dollar amount held me back too!

Presuming the Whites had no back taxes or any judgement liens, it would mean that the Hoosier Lotto cash amount is apx. 61.5% less than the advertized full annutized amount (whoa!). Further, if this lottery priority paid out the typical lowball of 25% fed taxes (usually end later amount paid by jackpot winner is 10% more) plus 3.4% state taxes. Indeed, their actual end $592,900 amount is good college and annual vacation fun... [ More ]

Comment #6

ThatScaryChick — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 19:07:37 GMT

Good thing his wife had the sense to have her husband re-check his tickets. Otherwise, they would have been out a good deal of money.

Comment #5

joshuacloak — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 18:27:45 GMT

so glad the state lotto does not get to be the winner of their own jackpot prize, good for him finding it

i love how if a jackpot prize goes unclaimed, the state won their own lotto jackpot! as they just keep it for them selfs

i think the money

should be put back into the jackpot game next roll over, players builded that thing , they deserve a winner

it be like me or you buying a lotto ticket for the jackpot, only to find out the STATE WON THEIR own jackpot

just saying sense

Comment #4

rdgrnr — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 17:53:12 GMT

That's probably the same way all the other JP's go unclaimed.

They throw the ticket somewhere and forget about it. It's amazing that someone in Florida lost 50 million dollars and doesn't even know it.

Comment #3

Littleoldlady — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 15:12:49 GMT

Everyone doesn't focus on the lottery..they buy out of habit and just throw them everywhere..I used buy mine and put them in a cigar box..I never had the big one but a friend of mine needed money so I gave them the box to look through and they found a lot of 3 digit winners..so u see it can happen.

Comment #2

tiggs95 — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 14:06:41 GMT

Story is to hard to believe..If you play the lottery you check your tickets..To me the story sounds fishy..Glad they won..

Comment #1

corius$1918! — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 13:49:22 GMT

i'M happy expiration date was extended and they found ticket in time. This could have been me. I'm so bad about checking my Tickets. They must hav had high income or some back taXES OR SOMETHING FOR THE AMT TO BE $ 697,000 AFTER TAXES. i Realize that the advertised amount is the annuitized amout.

Oh well I'd take that (smile)

If the date had expired, I wouldn't want to know if I had the winning ticket and noone had better tell me I had winning ticket. (LOL

$2.5M Indiana lottery ticket found in the nick of time

Lottery Post — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 12:53:26 GMT

Eric White didn't realize he'd left $2.5 million sitting on the desk in the office in his Indianapolis home for six months.

On Friday, he and his wife, Lori, cashed in, beating the odds by turning in the winning Hoosier Lotto ticket from the Aug. 19 drawing a week after the lottery officials said the prize wouldn't be awarded because the 180-day deadline had passed. Officials extended the deadline to Feb. 22 after saying the date had been miscalculated.

Lori White, 38, said she sent her hu... [ More ]