New Yorkers left $37M in lottery prizes unclaimed

Comment #16

Ronnie316 — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 23:46:33 GMT

What about CA. statewide unclaimed prizes

Comment #15

mediabrat — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 23:44:53 GMT

The article appears to be NYC-centric. However, I would be interested in seeing a list of top unclaimed prizes statewide.

Comment #14

david1691 — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 23:51:56 GMT

I, along with others I'm sure, agree with you. We need to rely on our own eyes and not those scammers, I mean scanners. I wouldn't expect any lottery to admit to any glitches, or fix them for that matter.

Comment #13

giotonia — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 21:18:09 GMT

Being that I'm from NYC and spend alot of money on differents lotteries and hardly win big. I'm pissed. I think I'm going to start picking up tickets thrown on the floor....lol.

Comment #12

Ronnie316 — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 20:28:01 GMT

That's funny...... tourist getting ready for vacation (a year later) finds expired ticket in suit case. lol.

Comment #11

maringoman — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 20:23:59 GMT

It would really be tough to deal with an expired ticket worth more than $1,000. A real tear jerker

Comment #10

mcginnin56 — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 20:20:36 GMT

Real good point!

Hopefully they'll never find out, less they have a nervous breakdown.

Comment #9

maringoman — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 20:12:53 GMT

NYC is a tourist city and I wouldn't be surprised if many of those tickets were bought by people who

were visiting the Statue of Liberty or other tourist attraction places and went back to Tulsa or Akron

and totally forgot about their lottery tickets. I think I am too careful to miss a winning ticket.

Comment #8

Cletu$2 — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 17:27:57 GMT

Maybe they have been using those automatic ticket checkers the states are so proud of.Maybe they checked their tickets and the machine said sorry,not a winner and they tossed the ticket.

Comment #7

LottoGuyBC — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 17:02:08 GMT

wow $37M

Comment #6

Ronnie316 — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 16:47:00 GMT

Good point billbo45, .

Comment #5

billbo45 — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 16:30:41 GMT

notice no one from buffalo in on that list cause 1st we very rarely win and second we don't have money but to buy only one at a time and we need the winnings to pay the rent so we keep close eye on them LOL

Comment #4

Ronnie316 — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 16:20:00 GMT

I say the tickets end up under the trash, on the floor board.

Comment #3

Ronnie316 — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 16:18:19 GMT

With huge commissions at stake it seems a store owner would check once a week and post a list of winners.

Comment #2

jamella724 — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 14:34:14 GMT

This is not good. How can a person missed to claim the lottery prize? Did he misplace the ticket? Didn't he know that he won? This incident should remind lottery players to take good care of their tickets and make sure to check their numbers with the winning numbers.

Comment #1

Ronnie316 — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 14:27:23 GMT

Well, you win some and you lose some. And sometimes I guess you lose a little extra.

New Yorkers left $37M in lottery prizes unclaimed

Lottery Post — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 14:17:32 GMT

A whopping $37.6 million in lottery prizes went unclaimed in New York last year from dreamers who plunked down their dollars for Powerball, Mega Millions and other tickets and never bothered to check them, according to New York Lottery statistics.

The clock just ran out for one lucky $10,000 Powerball winner who bought his ticket for the Sept. 17, 2011, drawing at College Wines Liquors on Flatbush Avenue in Brooklyn. The ticket holder had until midnight yesterday to claim the prize.

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