Minnesota Lottery to change policy after 6 major unclaimed prizes this year

Comment #15

DELotteryPlyr — Mon, 06 Jul 2015 01:10:45 GMT

Did everyone MISS this line ---

Winners have one year to claim their money, otherwise it goes to the state's General Fund.

so instead of going back to what ever game it came from, it goes to the state.

Comment #14

golfer1960 — Sun, 05 Jul 2015 02:40:03 GMT

Hi Jillian!! Nice to hear your voice again

Comment #13

golfer1960 — Sat, 04 Jul 2015 02:57:23 GMT

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Comment #12

myturn — Fri, 03 Jul 2015 23:59:00 GMT

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Comment #11

myturn — Fri, 03 Jul 2015 23:54:45 GMT

Also, if you lose your tickets, you can prove ownership if you purchased them using your players card.

Comment #10

myturn — Fri, 03 Jul 2015 23:52:22 GMT

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Comment #9

Jill34786 — Fri, 03 Jul 2015 16:51:22 GMT

^^^^^^^^ What he said

Comment #8

golfer1960 — Fri, 03 Jul 2015 04:13:15 GMT

Comment #7

Stack47 — Fri, 03 Jul 2015 02:21:53 GMT

Don't know why keeping the winnings is a problem for the Minnesota Lottery, but I believe the reason they want to name the stores and locations is because they don't know the name, address, or have a picture of the winner.

Very few people win one prize over $50,000, but there are people who don't even check them. Should we feel sorry for them when the ticket expires

Comment #6

myturn — Fri, 03 Jul 2015 00:22:46 GMT

They should also introduce a player registration card and offer a subscription service. Both would benefit player and raise additional revenue for the state.

Comment #5

Gleno — Fri, 03 Jul 2015 00:20:55 GMT

Six unclaimed winning prizes?

What's up with folks in Minnesota?

Find it hard to believe these were lost tickets or expired winners.

Comment #4

noise-gate — Thu, 02 Jul 2015 15:05:27 GMT

Oh Buckeye..you smarter than this. Notice l used the word * right?..It was meant as a joke bud, because a visitor to this forum likes stating that as though it was a fact. which obviously is NOT true..

Peace.

Comment #3

rcbbuckeye — Thu, 02 Jul 2015 14:54:56 GMT

noise,

Where on earth do you get the idea they would ever reveal someone's ss#?

The lottery commission would never reveal someone's ss#. That would open them up to legal liability if if was used for fraud.

Comment #2

noise-gate — Thu, 02 Jul 2015 14:46:39 GMT

Name ,address,city is acceptable. Name of Winner,picture of winner, address of winner..SS# of winner....* right: is totally unacceptable.

Comment #1

Raven62 — Thu, 02 Jul 2015 13:40:02 GMT

Like revealing such information will make a difference

Minnesota Lottery to change policy after 6 major unclaimed prizes this year

Lottery Post — Thu, 02 Jul 2015 12:46:22 GMT

Officials with the Minnesota State Lottery said Wednesday they are changing their policy on information for winning lottery tickets after as many as six major prizes this year have gone unclaimed.

Lottery officials said, effective immediately, they will disclose the name, address and city of the business where a winning lottery ticket is sold. In the past, the lottery has only released the county in which the ticket was sold.

The new policy applies to six unclaimed prizes that amount to a