$1 million Powerball lottery prize claimed by Indiana winner five hours before expiration deadline

Comment #14

LemonDrop — Sun, 12 Jan 2025 18:02:28 GMT

I keep mine in one of those lottery folders they give out for free. I have one for new tickets, one for scratchers and one for empty lottery slips. Glad they came forward in time.

Comment #13

ShagE3 — Thu, 02 Jan 2025 02:49:02 GMT

possibly keep your tickets in a ziplock sandwich bag .. then put the bag - in - under - behind or on top of some piece of furniture. Then take a photo of that piece of furniture to help your memory should you forget about where you hid the *winning* ticket.

Of course you may look foolish to your significant other should he/she browse through your photos ... and wonder why you have a photo of your toilet.

Comment #12

JustMaybe — Thu, 02 Jan 2025 00:46:56 GMT

That's a good idea to share with them.

Comment #11

Brock Lee — Wed, 01 Jan 2025 21:36:35 GMT

what if your foot sweat dissolves the ticket? personally i don't like to fold mine because the crease might affect the lottery's ability to read and scan it. i put them in an envelope labeled jello salad recipes.

Comment #10

Artist77 — Wed, 01 Jan 2025 20:03:02 GMT

Wow. Virginia needs to do that as well.

Comment #9

JustMaybe — Wed, 01 Jan 2025 19:31:35 GMT

Our State Lottery App allows us to SCAN and SAVE tickets before the draw.

When the draw is done you get a notification if any of the tickets is a winner.

You can save both single draw and multi draw tickets.

Comment #8

Artist77 — Wed, 01 Jan 2025 16:31:15 GMT

How does your state lottery app allow you to scan a ticket before the drawing? I get a message saying the drawing has not occurred yet.

Comment #7

Artist77 — Wed, 01 Jan 2025 16:26:13 GMT

I would be curious to know if any state lottery has ever allowed a photo of a ticket to claim vs the paper ticket. A photo of a ticket does not mean it is your ticket although it might start the ball rolling for a lottery investigation to verify the wunner.

Comment #6

billybucks — Wed, 01 Jan 2025 16:11:44 GMT

I am sure you are the only one doing that. What are the odds of actually buying a winning ticket and then losing it.

Comment #5

JustMaybe — Wed, 01 Jan 2025 04:25:57 GMT

Every time I buy lottery tickets, I scan and save them on the lottery app.

I then put them in this book and take them out after the draw, toss the losers and cash out my small winnings.

Comment #4

Powerball765 — Wed, 01 Jan 2025 02:25:18 GMT

That is funny you said that but have never lost my phone ever not because of the tickets least of my problems just that too many delicious treats on my phone waiting for the money to fully have them harvested lol l take the 5th ok l remember now I did loss my phone one time and I ask Google to find my phone and it showed me my phone 8 miles behind me and the only thing l did 8 miles behind me was throw away trash and the phone was not moving so I figured it out l threw it away with the trash and... [ More ]

Comment #3

ShagE3 — Wed, 01 Jan 2025 00:28:38 GMT

Good advice Joe! I do just about everything you suggest with the exception of photographing but, that sounds like a great idea should I ever hit it big.

Photograph the ticket and photograph the area where you placed the ticket.

Only problem ... what if someone else gets hold of your phone ie it's misplaced or stolen and they go through your photos that person could hold you ransom .

Okay I know it's far-fetched scenario....

Maybe I'll keep my winning ticket between my sock and th... [ More ]

Comment #2

JoeBigLotto — Tue, 31 Dec 2024 23:47:07 GMT

Let me give a word of advice to everyone that buy lottery tickets. Number one take pictures of your current lottery tickets. Because it is easier to go through your phone pictures to find it than tearing your house down.

Number two leave your ticket in your wallet at a zipper side so you know where you keep all your tickets. If you have too much tickets find a portfolio or container and write lotto on it so you don't throw it away.

But remember the first step at the store after you buy... [ More ]

Comment #1

ShagE3 — Tue, 31 Dec 2024 23:35:51 GMT

Good story Kate!

I always keep my tickets in the same general area in a room in my house.

If Ive won a prize ( under say 600 dollars) after the drawing I put that winning ticket in my wallet where I will carry to cash it at a store and put to my next ticket purchase. And I keep the losing tickets in to check the next day just in case the numbers drawn were *changed* overnight. Note: I've never won 600 dollars.

ShagE

$1 million Powerball lottery prize claimed by Indiana winner five hours before expiration deadline

Lottery Post — Tue, 31 Dec 2024 15:13:32 GMT

Couple discover winning ticket at the last minute in Christmas miracle

By Kate Northrop

After a month's worth of attempts from the Hoosier Lottery to locate the missing winner of a $1 million winning Powerball lottery prize, one Indiana couple stepped forward just five hours before it was set to expire to claim it.

Everyone is breathing a sigh of relief after an anonymous couple came forward to claim a $1 million winning Powerball lottery ticket in what can only be described as a Chr... [ More ]