$250,000 Mega Million prize may be forfeited

Comment #13

rdgrnr — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 09:49:42 GMT

Ha ha ha, now that's cold.

Comment #12

grave — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 06:03:10 GMT

lol yeah i hope its not another clarence jackson....people just don't want to check there numbers

Comment #11

RJOh — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 23:32:50 GMT

There once was a Florida woman who left her husband in Illinois and started a thread at LP asking if anyone in Illinois could help her prove an unclaimed lottery prize belonged to her husband who she claimed family members said would rather the state kept the money than claim it and have to split it with her. Maybe this is another such situation.

Comment #10

drhymes74 — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 18:01:49 GMT

I hope it finalizes soon and he has a shrewd enough attorney to keep this from going to the other side. I know in my state, if there is a separation and a windfall like this occurs it is kept out of equitable distribution.

Comment #9

tiggs95 — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 21:10:55 GMT

ridge you've had a lot of experience with this maybe you can help the poor guy out for a percent..

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dallascowboyfan — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 00:23:57 GMT

LoL......

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rdgrnr — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 03:28:09 GMT

Could be some guy waiting for his divorce to be final.

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NYSlugger 777 — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 02:26:42 GMT

This just goes to show some people don't carefully check tickets. It would be sad if someone did in fact throw it away and it goes unclaimed by the end of the month. Whoever bought the winning ticket could of have $250,000 more ( with taxes taken out ) for themselves and / or, his or her family.

I wonder if it was a quick pick ? ...

Comment #5

ttech10 — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 00:17:24 GMT

Yep. I don't check them quickly if there isn't a jackpot winner but I still get around to looking at them within 2 weeks.

This makes me think of the guy who had the numbers for the $250,000 prize but lost his ticket, found it 3 days after the deadline and so he couldn't collect. He tried to sue but he lost (and rightly so, he had a year to find it).

Comment #4

TheOtherOne — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 21:51:45 GMT

Sounds like there will be another Clarence Jackson soon :)

I hope the winner comes forward in time though.

Yall better check yo' s#!t

Comment #3

RJOh — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 17:08:51 GMT

Yep, I always check my MM tickets too because of the 4,405,086 combinations that will win something, only one has a chance of winning the jackpot and usually no one picks it but plenty of players pick one of the others and most of them pay $2.

Comment #2

Grovel — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 16:42:12 GMT

This is why you always check your ticket even if there is not a jackpot winner.

Comment #1

ThatScaryChick — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 14:15:38 GMT

Hopefully, the owner of the ticket comes forward before it expires.

$250,000 Mega Million prize may be forfeited

Lottery Post — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 07:36:01 GMT

Illinois Lottery officials say a player who bought a second-place winning Mega Millions ticket nearly a year ago in Des Plaines needs to redeem the $250,000 ticket by month's end or lose the prize.

The second place Mega ticket for the July 31, 2009 drawing was sold at a 7-Eleven store on Lee St. in Des Plaines. The ticket matched all five numbers but missed the Mega Ball. The winning numbers were 17, 35, 44, 52 and 56 with a Mega Ball number of 22 and a Megaplier number of 2.

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