Why?
Because according to the state hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of lottery ticket prize money will expire because they will be considered unclaimed within the few months!
Two $200,000 Powerball prizes and one "jackpot" Pick 5 ticket remain unclaimed and will expire within the next 2½ months!
Last year in Arizona alone over $8,000, 000 Million Dollars went unclaimed in 2007.
If you are wondering what happens to that
"unclaimed money"
- about 30 percent the unclaimed prize money goes to a special advocates program. The rest just gets put back into the lottery prize fund.At the present time there are a couple of lottery tickets that hold a special importance:
- one is a Powerball ticket with a prize of $200,000 that will expire on Thursday, March 13, 2008!. It was purchased at a Chevron on Fortuna Drive in Yuma. The winning numbers on the ticket are ........and ......
- another Powerball, also redeemable for $200,000, expires May 15th of this year. It was purchased at a Circle K store off of Arizona 92 in Sierra Vista. Those winning numbers are ......and..........
- A Pick 5 "jackpot" ticket worth an undisclosed amount will expire on May 29th of this year! It was bought at a Circle K on the 8600 block of North 27th Avenue in northwest Phoenix. The numbers are ....................and ........
In the state of Arizona, lottery winners have 180 days to claim their prizes after the numbers are drawn.
For a list of more unclaimed lottery prizes you can go to the state's website or a special website that has been set up specifically for unclaimed lottery winnings.
