New York woman says she was winner of unclaimed $12 million Lotto jackpot from 1992

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TheGameGrl — Sun, 22 Oct 2023 18:18:50 GMT

Tall tale. Timber

Comment #13

billybucks — Fri, 20 Oct 2023 12:58:17 GMT

Yes, us pro lottery players do buy that season ticket for that set of regular numbers ensuring that if those come in we would have it regardless of that jackpot amount. That covers that issue. Then many depending on the jackpot size buy additional tickets. You get notified to renew your season ticket when it comes close to running out of draws so you just always renew or yes that situation could happen.

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GiveFive — Fri, 20 Oct 2023 12:37:03 GMT

My guess is that she had a set of personal significance numbers that she always played. She'd have been much better off if she bought The NY Lottery's subscription service. They'd have notified her that she won, and she wouldn't even have had a ticket that could be thrown in the garbage.

Years ago in upstate NY, a widow renewed a subscription of a set of personal numbers that her late husband had purchased and kept renewing over the years. She said that she renewed it shortly after his death... [ More ]

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GiveFive — Fri, 20 Oct 2023 12:21:34 GMT

That's the huge downside risk of playing a set of personal numbers over the course of many years. Sure, you can glance at the drawing results and immediately know if you're a big winner or not.

But I don't think I'd want to know what it feels like if I checked the drawing results, saw my numbers that I played regularly for years, but I didn't get to the store yesterday so I didn't play and therefore I didn't win a dime.

The only thing I can think of to protect yourself from this happeni... [ More ]

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billybucks — Fri, 20 Oct 2023 04:35:08 GMT

Half the fun is checking them manually. Why an incessant need to know immediately.

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billybucks — Fri, 20 Oct 2023 04:26:51 GMT

There have been stories over the years unsubstantiated about someone not going to to store to play their regular numbers and they came in of course. Also cases of people throwing it out like she did but never knew it was a winning ticket but this is worse.

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Artist77 — Thu, 19 Oct 2023 23:20:46 GMT

I am not following how she knows for certain that she had the winning ticket? She supposedly had a stack of tickets so she was playing more than 5 or 6 numbers.

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JustMaybe — Thu, 19 Oct 2023 21:36:39 GMT

I am glad that I can use an app and scan my tickets the minute I buy them, that way I know if am a winner immediately the draw is made.

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Wavepack — Thu, 19 Oct 2023 20:13:07 GMT

Shared a trash can with a neighbor

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TheMeatman2005 — Thu, 19 Oct 2023 14:53:48 GMT

Oh well..... and life goes on in the big city.

We are supposed to learn from our mistakes, but still today, many people don't treat a lottery ticket like they would cash.

Always protect and check your lottery tickets

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Raven62 — Thu, 19 Oct 2023 13:44:07 GMT

Claiming her 15 minutes of fame (short-lived media publicity of an individual

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Petrust99 — Thu, 19 Oct 2023 03:37:01 GMT

It's a sad story and go with you forever.....

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crazya305 — Thu, 19 Oct 2023 02:44:27 GMT

It was never meant to be hers winnings. This is a good example for all the lottery players. Check your snip ing tickets. Point blank.

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ShagE3 — Thu, 19 Oct 2023 01:48:00 GMT

This story begs the question: What would you have done then or what would you do today if you were in her predicament?

Would you go to dump?

If so, would you tell the dump 'powers that be' what you were searching for? Finders keepers ... You know what I mean?

Keep in mind ..... The trash business has historically been closely associated with the mafia.

New York woman says she was winner of unclaimed $12 million Lotto jackpot from 1992

Lottery Post — Wed, 18 Oct 2023 21:05:03 GMT

It was a comedy of errors.

By Kate Northrop

A New York woman has revealed that she was the winner of a $12 million Lotto jackpot that was never claimed in 1992.

A lottery jackpot on the verge of expiring prompts many players to rifle through their drawers or shuffle the contents of their car glovebox around, searching for that fateful ticket that could change their life forever. For one New York woman, however, she knew she had won even before checking her own ticket, but at that po... [ More ]