Someone just lost out on $130 million.

Reply #21

chris-chase — Wed, 19 Nov 2014 02:31:28 GMT

You know the clown left the ticket in his jeans. His not so patient wife was itching to get the laundry done. That winning ticket went through the wash

then the dryer and probably ended up being a $130 Mil dollar piece of lint in the dudes belly button.

Reply #20

noise-gate — Tue, 18 Nov 2014 06:15:32 GMT

The possibilities are endless..well said SoleWinner21.

Awhile back Todd posted a article on this German/ Dutch person who ended up getting half of a lottery jackpot despite being estranged from the other party for years who had since remarried** l think.

Perhaps this could be one of those times where the other party decided to pass on this jackpot in order to spite the other.

Like you said The possibilities........

Reply #19

noise-gate — Tue, 18 Nov 2014 05:57:52 GMT

I would hope so Noahwill-you guys are 19 hours ahead of us anyway...

Reply #18

noahwill — Tue, 18 Nov 2014 05:39:28 GMT

Wow! I would have claimed that in a second

Reply #17

LottoMetro — Tue, 18 Nov 2014 04:53:34 GMT

The deadline has already passed so it's obvious that the lotto office or the store didn't try to find the winner.

Why would they when all the lotteries are suffering a major sales deficit due to the lack of big Powerball jackpots and hence big sales?

Kidding of course, but would not surprise me if they secretly celebrated the deadline. The returned money will pad their bottom line. $73.3 million, yeah buddy

Reply #16

onlymoney — Tue, 18 Nov 2014 04:47:10 GMT

It doesn't get any more pathetic and Ironic as this...lol

Those events happen quite often, and it's such a shame. Talk about being in the top 5 group of worst luck of ALL time.

Now what are the odds of that happening

Reply #15

onlymoney — Tue, 18 Nov 2014 04:33:07 GMT

Deadline just past on Sunday.

You mean Passed

Reply #14

Number 23 — Tue, 18 Nov 2014 03:44:32 GMT

According to NY Lottery it was a QP ticket sold at 117 BRIGHTON BEACH AVE , BROOKLYN worth $130.3 Million. What PrinceRene said is accurate, .CA releases surveillance footage. Why doesn't NY do the same. Where the cameras not rolling that day or what? Total revenue for 2014 NY Lottery is over $9.2 Billion. They could have done much more to find this winner. If you ask me its just the greed.

Reply #13

WesternRedDoug — Tue, 18 Nov 2014 03:39:18 GMT

I would think so. I remember the last time I heard of the largest unclaimed jackpot, it was in the $50-55M range. I think it was Powerball in Indiana. It was awhile ago. Maybe 10 years ago.

I'm suprised this hasn't gotten more attention.

Reply #12

Number 23 — Tue, 18 Nov 2014 03:11:44 GMT

Is this the biggest individual unclaimed prize in U.S history

Reply #11

noise-gate — Tue, 18 Nov 2014 02:27:10 GMT

I have seen it happen before as well - l seriously doubt it is going to happen again PR.

The California lottery screwed up big-time with that one. A winner of either the MM/PB jackpot in California has 365 days in which to come forward and claim their prize, however *they CL decided that since no one had come forward after 45 days, they had better visit the store, ask the owner for the surveillance tape of the time of the ticket purchase and plaster the winner's face on tv. Their actions resu... [ More ]

Reply #10

SoleWinner21 — Tue, 18 Nov 2014 01:27:39 GMT

@ Scarychick- It was from a store in Brooklyn, NY and they released the name and address of the store. The deadline has already passed so it's obvious that the lotto office or the store didn't try to find the winner. And I'm sure the store would have cameras.

@WesternRed- Thanks for the welcome but I've been reading this forum for a while. I just created a new account since I couldn't log into the old one.

Reply #9

PrinceRene — Mon, 17 Nov 2014 22:39:25 GMT

New York. It's funny cause here in California if a jackpot winning ticket isn't claimed after a month, the state lottery releases the surveillance footage of the winner buying the ticket to the public. I've seen it happen before.

Reply #8

WesternRedDoug — Mon, 17 Nov 2014 21:28:12 GMT

What state was this purchased in?

And welcome to LP.

Reply #7

ThatScaryChick — Mon, 17 Nov 2014 19:26:36 GMT

Did the store contact the person who lost the ticket if they knew who won it

Reply #6

ThatScaryChick — Mon, 17 Nov 2014 19:25:48 GMT

They might have died or they lost it or they tossed it somewhere and never got around to checking it. Either way, someone lost out on a lot of money.

Reply #5

LottoMetro — Mon, 17 Nov 2014 17:04:53 GMT

The money is returned according to the states' share of the jackpot.

Some states give that money back to players (i.e. prize fund). Others keep the money (i.e. transfer to education fund).

While one person indeed missed out on a life-changing sum, it is not as if the money disappeared into thin air. Multiple parties will benefit from this.

That being said, it is a shame for any prize of major proportions to go unclaimed, but 'tis the irony of playing for an unattainable fortune. Even be... [ More ]

Reply #4

SoleWinner21 — Mon, 17 Nov 2014 17:04:21 GMT

Most likely something happend to the winner or the ticket for them not to claim it. Maybe the person died, got into an accident, developed amnesia, went to jail, or left the country etc... The possibilites are endless. Unless you're rich and play for fun and not claim any prizes then I don't think regular people would do the same.

Reply #3

dallascowboyfan — Mon, 17 Nov 2014 17:01:47 GMT

WOW!!! WOW!!!! WOW!!!! I would be sick

Reply #2

bigbear29 — Mon, 17 Nov 2014 16:50:17 GMT

Does that money go back into the powerball game

Reply #1

RedStang — Mon, 17 Nov 2014 15:49:46 GMT

Why even play if your not going to claim it. It could of went to someone else. I see there's a few more unclaimed coming soon.

Someone just lost out on $130 million.

SoleWinner21 — Mon, 17 Nov 2014 15:13:10 GMT

For a Powerball ticket. Deadline just past on Sunday. There is no way you can forget you have a winning ticket worth that much. They most likely lost it or it was stollen. I remember reading about that story from last year and the store said they knew who bought the winning ticket. I wonder if that was the highest amount that ever went unclaimed.