Winner of $139 million Powerball lottery jackpot from Ohio has less than a month to claim it

Comment #10

kao1632 — Thu, 05 Dec 2024 03:15:18 GMT

Wild stab in the dark.

I someone tries to claim a win with an expired ticket they will be refused.

The rules clearly state that there is an expiry date. Once the expiry date has been reached, the ticket is no longer a bearer asset . It is just a piece of paper.

The lottery has (probably) an obligation to publise that there is an outstanding ticket and that it will expire on date X. (And maybe make a reasonable effort to have the winner come forward), But if the winner can't come... [ More ]

Comment #9

oh2btraveling — Thu, 05 Dec 2024 00:20:45 GMT

I wonder how many big jackpots go unclaimed? Would be interesting to know what happened if someone tried to claim it after expiration date (some states are 180 days). Would they have a legal claim

Comment #8

Petrust99 — Wed, 04 Dec 2024 03:54:55 GMT

Maybe they are upset and give up because they wil get 40 m instead of 139m...

Comment #7

Powerball765 — Tue, 03 Dec 2024 23:04:56 GMT

l don't understand why this is getting so much attention while the two tickets bought in Encino California $395,000,000 Mega million in the same store is about to expire only one has been claimed It was bought on December 8th 2023 . Out of the two mysterious two tickets sold at same store only one has been claimed with no press conference. One week left for the remaining $197,500,000

Comment #6

JustMaybe — Tue, 03 Dec 2024 20:12:13 GMT

Imagine locating the ticket 2 days after the expiration, dang!!

I would never forgive myself.

Hoping the winner is putting their house in order before collecting the prize and that the ticket is not necessarily lost

Comment #5

sully16 — Tue, 03 Dec 2024 20:08:43 GMT

Omg, they will sure be cheesed if someone from Michigan ( Go Blue) wins it.

Comment #4

dickblow — Tue, 03 Dec 2024 19:26:09 GMT

oh no

Comment #3

play4shekels — Tue, 03 Dec 2024 17:49:55 GMT

Count me out. Last time I was in that store was April.

Comment #2

Brock Lee — Tue, 03 Dec 2024 16:51:26 GMT

bought during the summer. check the garage and see if it got placed in a bin of summer stuff, like camping or swimming gear.

Comment #1

CDanaT — Tue, 03 Dec 2024 16:02:11 GMT

Perhaps it is being given as a gift to open for Christmas ? Nehhhhhh, it's lost.

Winner of $139 million Powerball lottery jackpot from Ohio has less than a month to claim it

Lottery Post — Tue, 03 Dec 2024 12:56:43 GMT

Someone is one step away from claiming $139 million or from losing it all

By Kate Northrop

A $139.3 million Powerball lottery jackpot, won by a single ticket in Ohio, is set to expire at the end of 2024.

Whether someone still has a $139.3 million winning Powerball lottery ticket in their possession means the difference between instantly becoming a multi-millionaire and losing out on what could have been an entirely different life.

There is less than a month on the clock for the l... [ More ]