File photo of a shopkeeper selling a lottery ticket to a customer
Washington:
A very secret millionaire! A USD one million lottery ticket, won last year by a person in the United States, is set to expire with no one coming forward to claim the prize money.
The winning lottery ticket was purchased at the Playland Market in Rye, New York on August 25, last year and until now the winner has not turned up to claim the whopping amount.
According to New York Gaming Commission rules, winners get up to a year's time to stake their claim for the prize, CNN reported.
The lottery officials have been urging players to check their tickets for the winning numbers: 1-6-7-20-49, Powerball 23, and come forward to collect the prize before the expiry date.
Christy Calicchia, spokesperson for the commission, said they use all the possible means of communication to get the word out when such a situation arises, including using news media and social media.
In order to claim the prize money, the winner must present the ticket at any one of New York's seven customer service centres during business hours.
Since the one-year time frame to claim the prize closes on a Sunday, the winner would technically need to have presented the ticket by the close of Friday, said Calicchia.
However, it remains to be seen how the situation would be handled in case the prize is claimed on Monday, she said.
The state has seen several prizes go unclaimed, the largest of which was drawn more than a decade ago, the report said.
The owner of a winning ticket sold in Brooklyn in 2001 never came forward to collect the staggering prize worth USD 68 million, which remains the highest jackpot to go unclaimed in New York Lottery history.
Calicchia said the prizes can go unclaimed for a variety of reasons.
The winning lottery ticket was purchased at the Playland Market in Rye, New York on August 25, last year and until now the winner has not turned up to claim the whopping amount.
According to New York Gaming Commission rules, winners get up to a year's time to stake their claim for the prize, CNN reported.
The lottery officials have been urging players to check their tickets for the winning numbers: 1-6-7-20-49, Powerball 23, and come forward to collect the prize before the expiry date.
Christy Calicchia, spokesperson for the commission, said they use all the possible means of communication to get the word out when such a situation arises, including using news media and social media.
In order to claim the prize money, the winner must present the ticket at any one of New York's seven customer service centres during business hours.
Since the one-year time frame to claim the prize closes on a Sunday, the winner would technically need to have presented the ticket by the close of Friday, said Calicchia.
However, it remains to be seen how the situation would be handled in case the prize is claimed on Monday, she said.
The state has seen several prizes go unclaimed, the largest of which was drawn more than a decade ago, the report said.
The owner of a winning ticket sold in Brooklyn in 2001 never came forward to collect the staggering prize worth USD 68 million, which remains the highest jackpot to go unclaimed in New York Lottery history.
Calicchia said the prizes can go unclaimed for a variety of reasons.
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