";s:4:"text";s:5157:"No luck. ScaryChick - yes, I agree. Before going to bed, she hid the winning ticket in a secure place. For example, Florida law gives 80 percent of expired prizes to the Educational Enhancement Trust Fund, which benefits state schools.
A lucky player matched the five white balls drawn – 15-29-31-37-43 – in the Dec. 19, 2018 drawing to win … Continue reading → Last year, The News ran a front-page story about a $1.5 million winning ticket that was about to expire.
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"A 33-year-old Laurel, Maryland woman left her Powerball ticket in a pile of papers. I'm wondering if most of those people who never get their prize money honestly lost their ticket, died or just didn't check to see if they won. Millions of players frequent local stores for tickets and play online scratchies hoping to win a life-changing jackpot. So maybe this is a lesson for us here.
Here are eight big jackpots that have expired unclaimed, from smallest to largest. "Earlier this year, Jeff had a massive heart attack and actually died three times before they saved his life. I really had to convince myself this was real. The remaining 20 percent is returned to the lottery.For multi-state games like Powerball and Mega Millions, the funds each lottery contributed towards the jackpot from its ticket sales are returned.Unclaimed jackpots are very rare, but they do happen. And since the lottery began 35 years ago, an eye-popping $512 million has gone unclaimed. She was so excited that she and her husband got "some good wine and partied it up." The winner must claim within … Today, the one-year clock is ticking on a number of sizable winning tickets, most bought in Metro Detroit. However, the next day he checked the winning numbers again and saw some he recognized.Luckily, 59-year-old Heinig hadn't taken out the trash yet, and retrieved his Lucky For Life ticket to recheck it.