According to the Texas Lottery Commission, there could be a multi-millionaire in the League City-area sitting on a winning lotto ticket from January 1.
A ticket matching all six numbers drawn was purchased that day from the South Shore Shell gas station in the 3300 block of FM 518 in League City. The jackpot was $12 million.
The ticket was a Quick Pick that had the cash value option.
But that prize money could soon be gone with the wind, according to lottery brass, who say that the last day to claim the loot is Monday, June 30.
Winners only have so long to claim their lottto prizes before it reverts back to the state.
Per Texas Lottery Commsion rules, a ticket holder forfeits any claim to a prize for a draw game after 180 days have passed following the drawing, unless they are otherwise disposed of because military duty.
The convenience store was awarded a check for $121,385.34 on March 6 for selling the winning ticket.
"We encourage our players to take another look at their ticket, check the numbers again and if your numbers match, sign the back of the ticket and contact us," said Gary Grief, executive director of the Texas Lottery, in a press release.
The lottery says that since 1995, there has been $837 million in unclaimed Texas Lottery prizes reverted back to the state.
So, if you're in the League City area or traveled through there on New Year's Day and haven't checked your ticket yet, the numbers were 15, 17, 43, 45, 47 and 50.
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I hope the ticket buyer comes forward in time. This is enough bread to retire on.
I wasn't in League City January 1st, but I was in May.
Timing is a bit off. Maybe next time.
keep the faith and maybe the next time your through thar , we'll be reading about you hehehe
I find it so disheartening when these type of stories appear because even after taxes are deducted the winnings are still life changing to 99% of the people who play.
The really sad thing, is that they do not put that money, back into the prize pool.
The lottery says that since 1995, there has been $837 million in unclaimed Texas Lottery prizes reverted back to the state.
Looks like it will be $849 millions after Monday.
It was a cash value tic worth about 7.90 million. The 12 million was the annuity amount.
Still enough to retire on for me. Unfortunately, I have never ever been in League City, never mind bought a lotto tic there.
You'll have plenty of chances in the future to buy a ticket worth as much or more, for example you could buy a winning MM ticket tonight.
I got my MM tic.
I really hope it's the "right" tic!
I have to wait until after 7:30 PM tonight to buy mines in order to take advantage of the buy 2 get 1 free promotion that Ohio has.
Last Tuesday there were storms in my area and the terminals were down where I usually buy my tickets so I went else where. When I cashed in my 2 free tickets the clerk asked if I knew what they were worth before running them, I think she was trying to get an idea if I knew about the promotion before maybe trying to cheat me out of my free tickets. Years ago with a similar promotion a clerk tried to convince me that the free tickets were for the clerks. With this promotion only running during the last four hours before the drawings, I wonder how many customers are not collecting their free tickets.
Well I bought that winning ticket and threw it away because Texas took too long to update their website. Yeah...yeah. That'll be my story. Now where's the number for the lawyer greedy enough to take this case.
Working on it!
If the $12 M is not claimed ,why would a lottery official say ," prize money could soon be gone with the wind" when they know it will revert back to the state?
Never thought that The State can actually be "the winner" of a big Jackpot, but indeed they are!
The choice of words were poor and implies that the state will "blow it away" on a "worthwhile cause".
Yup, it will be gone with the wind for the winner, who fails to claim it in time.
Frustrating to read stories about expiring jackpots but that is a fact of life for us lottery players.
Only 6 months to claim a jackpot in TX? Thought the time limit was a year? Is the 6 month limit applicable to the Power Ball and Mega Millions,as well in TX ? Hope other states don't adopt this short time frame!
RJoh,
Thanks for the info on the cumulative winnings for the state of TX!
I can't believe that there are people who do not check their tickets. If this ticket goes unclaimed, this would be huge waste!
Possible scenarios for a unclaimed ticket in Texas: Hector has died.
Hector has been deported.
Hectors Burro has died and he can't get to the L.O.
Hectors wagon is broken and he can't get to the L.O.
The L.O. is next to the ICE office.
Hector is too busy watching the World Cup.
Hector is not concerned with the location of the ICE office unless he needs a bus ticket to another state. Rather than immigration, ICE is currently in the business of distributing all the Hectors, their cousins, and their children all over the US, without health screenings I might add. "Children" being those under the age of 26.
>> "Children" being those under the age of 26.<<
That is another reason why DHS is asking for XXL underwear so that they can accommodate these "children". I bet the pictures that has been published showing all these 3-9 year old children is just an anomaly as the majority are probably over 16. I can't see any parent in their right mind sending off a child, especially one under the age of 5 into the dessert in order to find a better way of life.
And I'm willing to bet that many if not most of those children over the age of 8 is a gang member. MS-13 starts them very young, and kills the ones who do not follow orders. Many of these children crossing over are sociopaths who have been through brutal initiations. If they were not already socially 'damaged' before, then the brutal trip across the desert, rapes, kidnappings, murders, etc may have done what the gangs have not.
It is a very sad reality. But you won't hear much about this in our main stream media. They'd rather white wash it to make you believe these are starving little children wanting to join their mommies. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2657695/Known-gang-members-thousands-illegal-immigrant-children-storming-U-S-border-government-trying-silence-officers-talking-media.html
*apologies for the rant - these are dangerous times - health, security, humanitarian, financial dangers - that are all a little too close to home*
Probably the main reason I want to win a jackpot. To find a bug out location for when the SHTF.
How long does one need to check a ticket?
Heck, I know within 5 minutes of the drawing if my tic is a winner or not. (Usually not, LOL).
If I ever hit a jackpot, I won't claim it the next day, but it will definitely be before 6 months.
Bottom line, whoever won this jackpot is an idiot for not checking his tic.
Many players buy Auto Picks and if the tickets are misplaced they have no idea that they had any of the winning numbers let alone the winning combination and are forgotten and probably lost. Probably too many times in the past they have almost gone crazy looking for misplaced tickets only to find them and discover they wasted their time because all the tickets were losers. That's the reason all unclaimed jackpots are auto picks.
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Kum & Go with UMB got their MAN>>>>>>>>
and he bought his ticket in Tipton, Iowa but, he was from Benton, MO ???????
Yes, Iowa had UMB find a MO salesman down 2 give him $12 million PB jackpot
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