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TagsBY BOB HOLT
NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM
The multi-state Powerball Lottery has gone through eight drawings in a row without a winner, so the jackpot for Wednesday has been raised to $144 million.
Six players matched the first five numbers in Saturday’s drawing without the Powerball to win $200,000, none of them from New Jersey, according to usamega.com.
As huge as the odds are against winning the lottery, there are still plenty of winners who delay claiming their prizes, or don’t claim them at all. Cashunclaimed.com reports that New Jersey gives players a year to claim their lottery wins; while tickets are allowed to expire after three or six months in some states. Connecticut lets people file lost ticket claims and investigate what might have happened to their missing ticket.
In Michigan, a proposed law asks lawmakers to prevent anyone receiving welfare from winning major Michigan State Lottery prizes over $600.
Philly.com reported that in the nearby Philadelphia area, only two days remained for someone to claim $200,000 won by a Powerball ticket purchased for the May 26, 2010, drawing at Kelly's News, in the Kensington section of Philadelphia. It matched the first five numbers drawn without the Powerball.
And there were only five days left for a $200,000 winner in the May 29, 2010, Powerball drawing purchased in Avondale.
POWERBALL WINNING NUMBERS FOR WEDNESDAY, MAY 25, 2011
04, 23, 31, 42, 50 and PowerBall 23 (PPx2)
Philly.com reported that New Jersey players had better luck on Friday the 13th, in the Mega Millions drawing, where a player from Millville in Cumberland County won $250,000.
Back in 2007, lotterypost.com reported that no one claimed a lottery ticket worth $10.8 million from a Pick 6 drawing the previous year. The ticket had been sold at 24 Seven, a convenience store in Newark. The ticket would have been worth $19 million if a winner had taken their prize in yearly installments.
A spokesman for the N.J. Lottery said most of the unclaimed money goes to schools and state institutions, while a small amount goes to future lottery prizes and promotions.
