Washington woman checks lottery ticket months after draw and discovers $135,000 win

Comment #6

PrisonerSix — Thu, 29 Feb 2024 15:11:24 GMT

That's really cool. We have an app too but it only works after the game is drawn. If I scan before the draw, it just tells me not yet a winner. Only if scan after the draw will I know for sure if I won.

Comment #5

chris632 — Thu, 29 Feb 2024 10:32:44 GMT

And expired

Comment #4

Tony Numbers — Thu, 29 Feb 2024 01:30:12 GMT

Obliviousness wins again

Comment #3

JustMaybe — Wed, 28 Feb 2024 21:14:01 GMT

I am glad that where I live we have an App.

Immediately I buy my tickets, I scan the code and it gets saved on the App.

If it's a winner I get a notification.

I always check my tickets on the App in the morning.

Of course I still have to keep the actual ticket safely.

Comment #2

DMarshal — Wed, 28 Feb 2024 19:03:10 GMT

Check your tickets people. The longer you wait the more time they have to get misplaced.

Comment #1

noise-gate — Wed, 28 Feb 2024 18:27:17 GMT

* Lesson # 1. Don't buy a ticket if you not going to check it.

* Lesson #2. Know where you stashed it.

Washington woman checks lottery ticket months after draw and discovers $135,000 win

Lottery Post — Wed, 28 Feb 2024 14:27:37 GMT

A Washington woman bought a lottery ticket from a vending machine but didn't realize until months later that it was a $135,000 winner.

The Lynnwood woman, identified as M.B., told Washington's Lottery officials she bought her Hit 5 ticket from a vending machine at her local Fred Meyer store while picking up groceries for dinner.

M.B. said it wasn't until several months later that her husband reminded her to check the ticket, so she scanned it at a vending machine and received the instruc... [ More ]