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May 23, 2013, 1:29 pm

In California one has up to a year to claim while others States have 180 days for the exact same win. Why the difference in coming forward & what happens if you don't pick up your check, where does your winnings end up- obviously not the landfill.
joshuacloak

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May 23, 2013, 1:39 pm

its up to lottery

that is how many days

simple as that,

and also if no one claims a jackpot who won it, lottery's win the jackpot for themself's

all money won in unclaimed MM/PB go back to states who collected the money

aka ever state gets amount of money they collected for prizes"the jackpot cash" back

and they spend it however they wish

a few states try to give it away, but must just keep it for bottom line,

in short state lotteries win the jackpot we BUILT AND PAID FOR, its beyond stupid

and money should just be put into NEXT rollover

but god forbid lottery did right thing to players who paid for these jackpot's and give us a real winner

market it like crazy, Come X next draw, X amount returning to jackpot ,

but nooooooooooooooooo sir, lottery cant put the jackpot money that goes unclaimed and we helped BUILD back into jackpot money pool

they take the money for themselfs and runs away with it, greedy beeps

its 1 thing i hate about pb/mm , if some moron wins who never checks to see if hes a winner" some people buy tickets and never check them, i know its beyond stupid, and it has happened before i know of pb jackpot going unclaimed.. etc

will we all get beeped out money we paid in to jackpot, no winner but state govt

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RedStang

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May 23, 2013, 2:11 pm

Not sure but i noticed States that have a 180 day limit, have other games like raffles to get unclaimed prizes back out to the public.
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May 23, 2013, 2:20 pm

When states first started having lotteries, they only had their own and made their own rules. When multi-state lotteries came along, each state ran them according the rules they had already approved thus states have different rules for the same games.

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May 23, 2013, 2:32 pm

TN gives you only 6 months cuz they hope you procrastinate and they get to keep it so they can buy more black helicopters to keep an eye on complainers.
maringoman

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May 23, 2013, 4:10 pm

The government does not want people to have money. With this knowledge it is easy to see why they have a time cap on collecting prizes. Some state governments are greedier than others.

Read here about Clarence Jackson Jr. who was three days late in turning in the winning $5.8 million ticket https://www.lotterypost.com/news/182485

That money's gone fo ever
redhot7

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May 23, 2013, 8:13 pm

Quote: Originally posted by RJOh on May 23, 2013
When states first started having lotteries, they only had their own and made their own rules. When multi-state lotteries came along, each state ran them according the rules they had already approved thus states have different rules for the same games.

California has local lotto long before they joined MM and PB. All local lotto have 180 days deadline but they still have 365 days for MM and PB. So, at least in CA, the decision to make allow full 365 days deadline for MM and PB has nothing to do with the deadline of the local lotto.
noise-gate

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May 23, 2013, 9:07 pm

Quote: Originally posted by redhot7 on May 23, 2013
California has local lotto long before they joined MM and PB. All local lotto have 180 days deadline but they still have 365 days for MM and PB. So, at least in CA, the decision to make allow full 365 days deadline for MM and PB has nothing to do with the deadline of the local lotto.

Red- when l am discussing the lottery and one year to claim the prize, l am ONLY focusing on MM & PB, not local games.Very rarely do l discuss local State lotteries because there is not enough meat on the bone to get excited about, in my opinion.
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May 23, 2013, 9:28 pm

Quote: Originally posted by RJOh on May 23, 2013
When states first started having lotteries, they only had their own and made their own rules. When multi-state lotteries came along, each state ran them according the rules they had already approved thus states have different rules for the same games.

RJOh,

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