Washington Lottery prizes in search of owners

Comment #8

savagegoose — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 07:15:20 GMT

if the agents there are a s lazy as i saw the NYC agents, they prob have tried to claim them and been told that it was a loser.then binned, not even scanned.

Comment #7

rdgrnr — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 06:47:08 GMT

I'll give that a shot.

It's either that or figure out how to mow the back wall of my cabin.

Comment #6

Delta Draw — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 05:59:40 GMT

Tide is good for killing moss. More people would collect their winnings in WA. if they gave tide away.

DD

Comment #5

rdgrnr — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 23:37:07 GMT

It'd survive my washing machine just fine. I bought one of them new water saver washers and the clothes barely even get wet. Doesn't hardly rinse the soap out of em either. So the ticket would probably be dry and in perfect shape if it went through my washer. That's one thing I don't have to worry about. My clothes may be dirty but at least they smell like Tide.

Comment #4

dallascowboyfan — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 20:03:38 GMT

I better tell my family in Seattle, I was their in May but it was late May so I don't have the Hit Five ticket....darn....

Comment #3

barbos — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 05:16:05 GMT

If nobody claimed in 180 days I doubt 365 would make any difference. My guess is most of them didn't survive washing machine.

Comment #2

HaveABall — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 13:00:57 GMT

Yet another reason to extend claim period to 365 days ... as most states have provided.

When a retailer wins their partnership monies from a jackpot win, it would be so easy for them to get a big colored piece of construction paper and write on it that there is an unclaimed winning ticket that was purchased at their store on such and such date and won on such and such date. Also, it would be good if all churches, newspapers, and radio stations received this feed/information and would run the... [ More ]

Comment #1

starchild_45 — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 21:43:37 GMT

i wish it was me. i go past that 7/11 a lot but it is not me. my wife wishes it was me too. lol.

Washington Lottery prizes in search of owners

Lottery Post — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 12:09:49 GMT

Every year, $9 million in Washington Lottery winnings go unclaimed.

Case in point: Someone bought a Mega Millions ticket earlier this month at a 7-Eleven on North 36th Street in Seattle's Fremont neighborhood but has yet to collect the $250,000 in prize money that goes with it.

Right now there's about $400,000 in prize money that can still be claimed before the deadlines imposed by the state are reached. A winner has 180 days from the date of a drawing to collect winnings.

A prize of $1... [ More ]