Tickets Losing $77 Million would tick me off.

**Rain Man** · 12-27-2011, 09:53 PM

Can you imagine forgetting that you bought a Powerball ticket in Tallapoosa while you were heading up to see your in-laws or deliver some pig iron or something, and then you read this? That would seriously stink.

http://www.cnn.com/2011/12/27/us/geo...html?hpt=hp_t2

Clock runs out on $77 million winning lottery ticket
By the CNN Wire Staff
updated 10:05 PM EST, Tue December 27, 2011

(CNN) -- One hundred and eighty days apparently wasn't enough time for the buyer of a winning $77 million lottery ticket to come forward.

That's if the (un)lucky buyer still has it.

The Powerball ticket from a June 29 drawing was not turned in by Monday's deadline, said J.B. Landroche, spokesman for the Georgia Lottery.

Winning numbers from the drawing were: 24-30-45-57-59. The Powerball was 26, according to the lottery.

Not that it matters now.

The winning ticket was purchased at the Pilot Travel Center in Tallapoosa, Georgia, near the Alabama line.

Unclaimed Powerball jackpot prize funds are returned proportionately to each participating state based on that state's sales for the particular drawing, officials said. Forty-two states, the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands participate in Powerball.

In Georgia, unclaimed prize funds go back into the prize pool to be used for future game prizes, special prize promotions and ultimately are paid out to players. The lottery in Georgia benefits education.

12-27-2011, 09:53 PM	Topic Starter
Rain Man Seize life. Be an ermine. Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: My house Casino cash: $-682449 VARSITY	Losing $77 Million would tick me off. Can you imagine forgetting that you bought a Powerball ticket in Tallapoosa while you were heading up to see your in-laws or deliver some pig iron or something, and then you read this? That would seriously stink. http://www.cnn.com/2011/12/27/us/geo...html?hpt=hp_t2 Clock runs out on $77 million winning lottery ticket By the CNN Wire Staff updated 10:05 PM EST, Tue December 27, 2011 (CNN) -- One hundred and eighty days apparently wasn't enough time for the buyer of a winning $77 million lottery ticket to come forward. That's if the (un)lucky buyer still has it. The Powerball ticket from a June 29 drawing was not turned in by Monday's deadline, said J.B. Landroche, spokesman for the Georgia Lottery. Winning numbers from the drawing were: 24-30-45-57-59. The Powerball was 26, according to the lottery. Not that it matters now. The winning ticket was purchased at the Pilot Travel Center in Tallapoosa, Georgia, near the Alabama line. Unclaimed Powerball jackpot prize funds are returned proportionately to each participating state based on that state's sales for the particular drawing, officials said. Forty-two states, the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands participate in Powerball. In Georgia, unclaimed prize funds go back into the prize pool to be used for future game prizes, special prize promotions and ultimately are paid out to players. The lottery in Georgia benefits education.
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