$77M Powerball lottery ticket to expire Monday

Comment #28

psykomo — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 19:25:38 GMT

T-BO UR TICKET @ ATLANTA hartfield

AIRPORT VERY S@@N !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Comment #27

crow — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 17:21:55 GMT

Read the opening paragraphs regarding what the lottery commission does with the money that wont be paid out.....

HOWEVER AND I MEAN HOWEVER, I really think its a load of bs.

The freakin money should go right back into the pot for the next draw but it doesnt.

This isnt the way the lottery is supposed to be run.

This is just proof yet again that the govt. loves all your free money an fair play be snip ed.

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Comment #26

LottoGuyBC — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 16:30:50 GMT

guess so...since we haven't heard any updates on this

it's prolly best for the ticket holder to never find the ticket now

Comment #25

Arrowhead — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 11:33:52 GMT

So this ticket is now officially invalid? Incredibly sad. Even after taxes, $77 million is enough to change many lives.

Comment #24

rad242 — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 22:33:18 GMT

Amen to that!

I take winning VERY SERIOUSLY

Comment #23

rdgrnr — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 04:24:25 GMT

Actually, people in this country don't like to... nah, I ain't gettin into that again, lol.

Have a Merry Christmas, myturn.

Comment #22

myturn — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 03:58:10 GMT

This shows that player registration or playing by subscription is a good idea. If you loose your ticket, you can prove it is your ticket.

Comment #21

TnTicketlosers — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 03:31:07 GMT

Thank you Ridge same to you.

Comment #20

rdgrnr — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 03:28:13 GMT

You have a good heart, TT, God Bless you and have a Merry Christmas.

I hope one of your presents is a big win in the MM or PB

Comment #19

TnTicketlosers — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 03:00:58 GMT

You never know where this person may be,could be in the War,passed away,in a crazy hospital,or just simply forgot they bought it.I have that problem sometimes,CRS is what I have daily at my old age.I just hope they claim it.I'm going to Georgia first thing in the morning,I hope to Powerball or Mega Millions.There is a lady that works at Jack in the box,she has been without a car for a year now,she gets a new one.My daughter and grandbaby will hurt for nothing ever again,there is a single father... [ More ]

Comment #18

TheRightPrice — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 01:33:08 GMT

lol I support your wise decision

Comment #17

pcurtis — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 01:33:01 GMT

Comment #16

HiFi — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 01:25:53 GMT

i just want to say the winner was me but i didnt want all the publicity that comes with winning a large jackpot so i threw my ticket away, so dont feel bad for me im perfectly happy with my decision

Comment #15

Guest — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 23:50:18 GMT

they should put tracking GPS devices on each ticket sold. like lo jack. this way if someone loses it, they know where it is.

Comment #14

OldSchoolPa — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 22:54:24 GMT

And I imagine it is a truck driver who was getting by on $400 per week. Or it could have been a family traveling with a RV full of pets and one of the dogs ate the winning ticket. In any case, it is just too bad I wasn't driving along that corridor at that time. I guarantee you I would never let a jackpot ticket expire without me claiming the prize.

Comment #13

phibeta1914 — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 22:14:53 GMT

I am unhappy to say I'm very familiar with that truck stop... Unfortunately that is a truck stop along the I-20 interstate which is a major travel stop along a busy travel route extending from texas to south carloina. the location of that store is actually on the stretch of interstate leading into and out of atlanta about 3 miles east of the border with alabama. that ticket, if not in the trash, is in some truck traveling the country.

Comment #12

crow — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 22:08:11 GMT

Hmmmm, sounds like the winning ticket has been lost.

The person who won could also have died thereby not telling anyone.

Comment #11

rdgrnr — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 22:01:44 GMT

Just inside the Alabama line? Ain't no tellin' where that ticket is. Alabama peoples is crazy. Lotta fun though. I knowed some good ol' boys down there, Mississippi too. We used to tear it up down there, lawd have mersay, whole lotta shakin' goin' on. We'd be sippin' on shine til our heads got swole. 90 miles an hour down a dead end road, slinging gravel ever which a way, shotguns blastin' the dadgum roadsigns, yeeee haaaa

Comment #10

maringoman — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 21:40:33 GMT

180 days is too short a time for the state to gladly pocket the money. A year is more sensible, I think.

Maybe imposing heavy fines for those who collect past the deadline is more sensible than the state

just keeping all the money. I dont understand the rationale for denying a tardy winner his or her jackpot.

What do you guys think

Comment #9

TheRightPrice — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 21:37:08 GMT

Hi There,

Nope.

Comment #8

weshar75 — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 20:51:15 GMT

This will make it the largest unclaimed ticket in lottery history. What a shame someone didn't cash it in.-weshar75

Comment #7

time*treat — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 20:50:11 GMT

If the prize isn't claimed, does the money go back into the pool and give a boost to the current jackpot

Comment #6

dr65 — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 19:16:40 GMT

Hopefully it was a well laid plan...

Maybe it's under the tree right now just waiting to make someone's Christmas Merry and Bright.

Comment #5

Cletu$2 — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 18:45:29 GMT

Probably the same idiot that bought the Hot Lotto ticket in Iowa that expires at the end of the month.

Comment #4

TheRightPrice — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 16:39:37 GMT

what a waste of good money. I have lots of bills that need to be paid.

Comment #3

zinniagirl — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 16:26:19 GMT

May this winner never know they won....if they don't find the ticket before the deadline!

Can you imagine the anguish you would go through

Comment #2

dpoly1 — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 15:00:20 GMT

Why do these people play the lottery ................

Comment #1

mcginnin56 — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 14:48:38 GMT

Sadly, that ticket is probably resting peacefully in a landfill, or was forgotten in an overstuffed draw of hodgepodge. Good-by 77 Million dollars, it was nice knowing you for the last 6 months

$77M Powerball lottery ticket to expire Monday

Lottery Post — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 14:15:36 GMT

What would you do if you won a $77 million lottery jackpot? What would you do if you didn't discover that you had the winning ticket until AFTER the deadline for claiming the prize?

That's the scenario that could play out next week, because the 180-day window for the Georgia Lottery player who won the June 29 Powerball jackpot to come forward slams shut on Monday.

That winning ticket, with the numbers 24, 30, 45, 57, and 59, with Powerball number 26, was sold at the Pilot Travel Center tru... [ More ]