$3.5m CT ticket to expire

Reply #10

Just6ntlc — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 00:46:43 GMT

If the CT $3.5 million ticket is going to be expired without being step forward, will it go to education just like what happens to all CA tickets

Reply #9

JAG331 — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 15:13:05 GMT

Good chance there will be a very disappointed soul or two from Manchester or Storrs, once they look back at the tickets they bought at the Getty Mart.

Reply #8

CASH Only — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 15:06:50 GMT

The ticket was bought at Coventry Getty Mart. The store will still get a $10,000 bonus.

Reply #7

JAG331 — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 21:05:05 GMT

I hope the money goes back into the prize pool, where it belongs.

Reply #6

bambini — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 20:57:33 GMT

Someone bought a lottery ticket and died, relatives came cleaned out the house, never bothering to check the lotto tickets, I can see that happening.

Reply #5

JAG331 — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 20:46:50 GMT

CT is still waiting to release the winning location, in case someone mailed in the winning ticket postmarked by 2/14/07.

What will happen to the unclaimed funds? Straight from the horse's mouth:

If the jackpot isn't claimed, what will happen with the prize money?

The Lottery has several options: One, the money can be returned to the State's General Fund, where it is used to support many valuable services and programs. Two, it can be used to supplement prizes in other lottery games.... [ More ]

Reply #4

justxploring — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 17:50:19 GMT

I agree with GameGrl to a degree. We are all different in the way we react to good bad news. If I thought I had a winning ticket I'd still check it and claim it before I died, so I could leave it to someone in my will. The man who won a million (see news forum) and found out he has only months to live wishes he didn't have an annuity, but he's still going to be able use the money to go on a vacation and pay medical bills. I think it's sad that he can't collect a lump sum, since he has no fam... [ More ]

Reply #3

JAG331 — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 17:19:26 GMT

Well, I don't have it stashed anywhere

Reply #2

TheGameGrl — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 02:26:22 GMT

One can speculate various reasons why the ticket wasnt claimed. Its not that the ticket wasnt checked so much as other more life threatening illness's would certainly draw ones priorities to another level of concern. Try chemo sometime and see if you really give a hoot about a million or the ability to see another day. Id trade in a million to spend one more day with the laughter of my grandkid! Life is more then a lottery win....

Reply #1

Guru101 — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 23:08:44 GMT

I have no idea how this type of stuff happens. You buy a lottery ticket you better check it

$3.5m CT ticket to expire

CASH Only — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 18:16:22 GMT

A Connecticut Classic Lotto jackpot winner won't get any money if the ticket is not claimed by this week's one-year anniversary.

IIRC the last time a Connecticut Lotto jackpot winner forfeited the prize for this reason happened at least 10 years ago, in the annuity-only era. The Connecticut Lotto jackpot usually started at $1 million (same as now,) but there were several jackpots that started at $2 million, using the unclaimed jackpot.

I don't know if Connecticut would do the same now. I w... [ More ]