254 million dollar ticket

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haymaker — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 01:17:19 GMT

thanks,vahopeful for posting that,i think we need some kind uniform system w/ multi-state games.

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VAHopeful — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 00:46:12 GMT

Copied and pasted from the FAQs on the Powerball website:

Except for the jackpot (and the BONUS prize whenever it is in effect), all unclaimed prizes are kept by the lottery jurisdiction that has the winner. About half of the lotteries are required to put the money back into a game. The other half is required by law to turn the money over to the state's general fund. The jackpot money and BONUS prize pool are treated differently. If these two prize pools are unclaimed, The money must be retur... [ More ]

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weshar75 — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 23:05:46 GMT

The money goes to the states general fund I think.-weshar75

254 million dollar ticket

JKTAYLOR1 — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 23:02:20 GMT

The way I understand it is if a person have the winning ticket for the power ball or mega million, they have one year to claim the prize. Now if no one claims the money within that year, what happens to the jackpot? Does it go back in the pot or what? In other words what happens to the money if the last jackpot winner can't produce the inning ticket he claims that he lost.