Lottery winner never showed up to claim $14.6 million jackpot in Arizona

Comment #18

cddvd — Wed, 04 Dec 2019 19:03:17 GMT

Well that's not very smart (the cashier).

It doesn't matter if you win/lose, they sell tickets, and make money what do they care if you win or lose...if more people buy and some win doesn't the store also make a little amount?

Even if the money doesn't go directly to the cashier, it's still job security for her/him.

That irritates me...

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Comment #17

user34 — Wed, 04 Dec 2019 12:51:33 GMT

I suppose it's only speculation unless a physical ticket is published by the media with a story. It could have been damaged/lost/thrown away unknowingly within a short time after purchase or the drawing. It could have been in a pair of pants put in the washing machine. It's all speculation. It's one of the benefits to the lottery organization. Every so often large prizes go unclaimed.

Comment #16

CDanaT — Wed, 04 Dec 2019 12:29:42 GMT

Ohhhhhhhhh the simple sound of $14.6 Million Annuity/ $9.3 Million CASH going bye-bye

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qi6834Rx2RI

Comment #15

ohiopick3 — Wed, 04 Dec 2019 03:38:59 GMT

Things like this are just unexplainable? Why not check it, if you play it?

When they announce where it was sold, and are told the deadline? Oh well, good for Arizona State any ways

Comment #14

Stack47 — Wed, 04 Dec 2019 01:00:21 GMT

The good news (if there is some) is whomever bought the ticket doesn't know they had a jackpot winner.

Comment #13

grwurston — Tue, 03 Dec 2019 23:47:48 GMT

I don't think he's gonna open that can of worms if it was him. Besides, if it's past the deadline he's sol.

Comment #12

noise-gate — Tue, 03 Dec 2019 23:29:16 GMT

Yeah- only a thief would know.

Comment #11

noise-gate — Tue, 03 Dec 2019 23:27:11 GMT

On the other hand : What if Tommy Tipton came forward with the winning ticket G, but said he forgot about the deadline? Would you consider the Arizona lottery tainted?

*Tommy served only 75 days incarceration is now a free man.

Comment #10

hearsetrax — Tue, 03 Dec 2019 22:53:25 GMT

Comment #9

grwurston — Tue, 03 Dec 2019 22:31:44 GMT

It might have been bought on a whim by someone just passing though, forgotten about, then found and trashed weeks or months later without ever being checked.

Comment #8

jjtheprince14 — Tue, 03 Dec 2019 20:22:29 GMT

The sad part about it was that it was way too easy for them to win they didn't even get to claim it.

Comment #7

CDanaT — Tue, 03 Dec 2019 17:25:14 GMT

$9.3 Million Cash Value...........................................Gone !!!!.........OUCH

Comment #6

Fabs — Tue, 03 Dec 2019 16:42:04 GMT

Why bother playing if you plan to lose or maybe the winner is in prison or .. err .. dead

Comment #5

noise-gate — Tue, 03 Dec 2019 16:39:42 GMT

State your source that a robot won.

Next you going to tell the forum that the Mars Rover discovered an unworkable washing machine on Mars left by Martians who have since moved on...

Comment #4

paymentplan-man — Tue, 03 Dec 2019 16:11:54 GMT

Never showed up because the winner was a .........ROBOT.....dun dun dun.

Comment #3

Big Joey — Tue, 03 Dec 2019 15:27:19 GMT

I wonder if the person was discouraged by the cashier?

I once had a cashier tell me I wasn't going to win a few years back. She was very irritating to me, and I never went back to that store.

Comment #2

music* — Tue, 03 Dec 2019 15:16:31 GMT

Arizona games, charities, and abused children thanks to the winner/s.

What if the ticket holder/s finds the ticket now. That would be a terrible feeling.

Comment #1

Raven62 — Tue, 03 Dec 2019 14:25:31 GMT

Easy Come, Easy Go

Lottery winner never showed up to claim $14.6 million jackpot in Arizona

Lottery Post — Tue, 03 Dec 2019 13:17:32 GMT

A lottery player sitting on a $14.6 million jackpot had until the end of Monday to come forward in Arizona or lose it all, officials said. The winner never showed up.

Monday's 5 p.m. deadline came and went and officials still don't know who purchased the ticket, they said.

It's hard to see that not get claimed, Arizona lottery spokeswoman Jacqueline Keidel Martinez said Monday evening.

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