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NY Take 5 CINCO DE MAYO/bonus ball
While I am very critical of the NY Lottery forcing some big winners to receive annuity payments, they will be doing something very positive: trying a five day promotion with the still-popular 5/39 TAKE FIVE game.From Monday 5/5 until Friday 5/9, the NY Lottery will be drawing an EXTRA Take Five number, after the five regular numbers are drawn.There will be EIGHT prize levels, the four additional prizes will be 4+B, 3+B, 2+B, and 1+B. Three of the four extra levels will be funded by unclaimed pri
Apr 30, 2003, 5:50 am - CASH Only - Lottery Discussion Forum

Millions in lottery jackpots expire every yearNews Story
If you are the ticket holder for the winning Massachusetts Mega Millions consolation prize with the numbers: 2, 7, 10, 16 and 29, we have some bad news for you. You have just missed your chance to claim $250,000. The jackpot expired Wednesday. In six more days, on Aug. 3, a $900,000 jackpot is in danger of becoming little more than wishful thinking for some unlucky winner in Florida. ABC News have found at least six other jackpots ranging from $10,000 (two in Arizona expiring Aug. 8 and Au
Jul 29, 2011, 9:31 am - Todd - Lottery News

Iowa Lottery retailer accuses store manager of buying ticket he knew won $100,000Reply
If you want to know happens, ask the lottery. I sent an email to the Md lottery. A person goes to a chain store, High's, Wa-Wa, 7/11, Giant, Safeway, etc and buys a Mega Millions or Power Ball ticket. Then the customer says, there is a mistake, I don't want the ticket and they leave the ticket at the store. The store video camera confirms this. Since it's a MM or PB ticket it can't be canceled. No one else wants it or buys the ticket and then the day after the drawing a second store emp
Mar 22, 2023, 4:25 pm - grwurston - Lottery News

4 months later, mystery and rumors surround Mega Millions $1.5 billion jackpotReply
The Unclaimed Prize fund for AZ is sure gonna benefit from this if it is not claimed. State officials will put on the gloves to get some of the $.
Feb 27, 2019, 2:11 pm - sailmumm - Lottery News

Unclaimed Mega MillionsReply
As if this game weren't a rip-off already, an unclaimed prize of this size going back to the government means that instead of the state taking half your bet, the state takes your entire bet. Great.
Jan 6, 2019, 1:56 pm - Tucker Black - Lottery Discussion Forum

Illinois Lottery sells tickets for instant games after top prizes are goneReply
I really don't expect better from an extremely corrupt state (I live here) but there is such a thing as Buyer Beware . To their credit, the Illinois Lottery provides weekly updated information on scratch tickets on their website. Players SHOULD reference the information before purchasing tickets. Unable to post a link but if you go to the Illinois Lottery website, then WINNING and then select UNPAID INSTANT GAME PRIZE LIST from dropdown menu, you can see all unclaimed prizes for all scratch game
Apr 23, 2018, 10:24 am - prm199 - Lottery News

Florida Scratch Offs - Post Pictures if posibleReply
Glad to see you're doing well Gators, and I hope it is you that hits that top final prize...or a $10k would be nice! Based on where the first 6 top prizes were claimed, I think 1 of the unclaimed jackpots on Cash Fall is in the earlier print(50k-90k range is where I think I remembered seeing a big gap). I do agree one unclaimed prize should be at the end of the print. 235xxx seems to be the highest roll number I've seen. I believe there was a previous jackpot hit 192k or 197k. There's s
Jun 11, 2017, 4:27 pm - Dracos - Instant ("Scratch-Off") Games Forum

First lawsuit in state lottery-fixing scandal seeks millionsReply
Iowa is probably using the same guidelines the use for unclaimed prizes. There's the heart of the matter. Since the money was returned to the various states it seems pretty obvious that they are treating it as an unclaimed prize. will argue in court the prize is the same as an unclaimed ticket. Let's assume that's exactly what they'll do. Do you agree with that argument? - That's a question mark. It means I've asked something (as I've done before) that you should answer, assuming yo
Feb 9, 2016, 10:59 pm - KY Floyd - Lottery News

California Lottery officials seized surveillance footage from store that sold Powerball ticketReply
If the jackpot is not claimed in a multi-state game, the proceeds are sent back to the states in the same proportions of each state's sales that contributed money to the pot. Then each state has their own rules for what is done with unclaimed prize money within the state.
Jan 20, 2016, 6:45 pm - Todd - Lottery News

UPDATE: $15 million winning Florida Lotto ticket expires tonightNews Story
By Todd Northrop For one person who bought a winning Florida Lotto ticket in April, there are just hours to go before that piece of paper becomes worthless. The current value of that lottery ticket? $15 million. As of late Friday it was still unclaimed, and if the ticket-holder does not turn in the winning ticket by midnight tonight, their dreams will just be dreams. The ticket was purchased April 22 at The Beer and Liquor Store on Morrison Avenue, just east of Military Trail in western
Oct 19, 2015, 11:05 am - Todd - Lottery News