Lotto dream turns to dust

Comment #6

Todd — Thu, 11 Sep 2003 10:37:28 GMT

Who decides which 500,000 people get $100? I think any scenario is wrought with problems, and besides, all lottery laws have contingencies for these things. If a jackpot is not claimed, the law takes over and disposes of the money in the way the law was written.

Comment #5

fja — Thu, 11 Sep 2003 10:34:02 GMT

Quote: Originally posted by Todd on September 10, 2003 That would be great for the players (so you'd think they'd want to do it), but Florida would take in more revene by just absorbing the pot - I don't think they'd generate $50 million in sales from one $50M drawing. how about $100 to 500,000 people so they could by tickets when the pot hits 100 million! nice pipe dream huh

Comment #4

mken35 — Wed, 10 Sep 2003 20:24:32 GMT

Ok.. What do they do with the money... that is awful lot of cash

Comment #3

visiondude — Wed, 10 Sep 2003 20:08:36 GMT

what do you want to bet that jimmy buffet had the winning ticket and didn't know it? he was getting busy at margarita-ville .VISIONville

Comment #2

Todd — Wed, 10 Sep 2003 12:04:37 GMT

That would be great for the players (so you'd think they'd want to do it), but Florida would take in more revene by just absorbing the pot - I don't think they'd generate $50 million in sales from one $50M drawing.

Comment #1

CASH Only — Wed, 10 Sep 2003 11:08:35 GMT

FL could easily offer a special Christmas draw with a guaranteed $55 million-$60 million pot.

Lotto dream turns to dust

Lottery Post — Wed, 10 Sep 2003 08:11:49 GMT

Some unlucky winner bought a Florida Lotto ticket worth $50 million in March, but lost his or her chance to cash it when the clock struck 12:01 a.m. on Tuesday.The chance to claim the $50 million prize expired six months after the drawing March 12. Although previous Lotto prizes have gone unclaimed, this is the largest ever in the 15-year history of the Florida Lottery.The last big one was $15 million in 1991.Theories abound about why someone would let that kind of money go, but the prevalent on... [ More ]