Lottery officials urge players to verify their tickets since two large rewards, one worth $50,000, remain unclaimed and must be retrieved early next year. Check your tickets and get your prizes!
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Delottery website issues an urgent notice, urging ticket holders to check their numbers before upcoming deadlines. A $10,000 MEGA MILLIONS winning ticket must be claimed by January 6, 2024, while a $50,000 POWERBALL winning ticket needs to be claimed by January 9, 2024. Act quickly to secure your winnings!
Delottery’s website lists six unclaimed lottery wins from January to October 2023, including an October 2022 ticket. Unclaimed prizes include large Powerball wins. The website lists the drawing dates and reminds winners to collect their rewards within a year to avoid losing out.
Many winnings go unclaimed each year
Every year, millions of dollars in lottery wins are not collected, and many winners may not even know how rich they are. The deputy head of the California Lottery thinks that some people may have forgotten to check their tickets or lost them. Experts say that people may take longer to claim wins because they have to think about taxes, especially when the prizes are big ones like Powerball winnings.
They tell winners to talk to financial experts first before taking their winnings. Most of the time, unclaimed money goes to state-funded programs, but it could also be used for future gifts or the state budget.
