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$244K North Escambia Lottery Ticket Goes Unclaimed, Now Worthless
October 14, 2010
A winning Florida Lottery Fantasy 5 ticket sold in North Escambia that was worth almost a quarter million dollars is now worthless.
No one ever stepped forward to claim the $244,468.47 prize from the winning ticket that was purchased April 9, 2010, at the State Line O’Yes Lotto at 11331 Highway 97 in Davisville, according to the Florida Lottery.
The Florida Lottery allows winners 180 days to claim their prize. The April 9 winning ticket expired, with the $244.468.47 split 80 percent going to the Education Trust Fund and the remaining 20 percent returned to the prize pool.
Lottery officials said the ticket was a “Quick Pick” with numbers randomly chosen by the lottery machine. Only one ticket matched the winning numbers: 13-21-25-28-36.
This was not the first time this year that a winning Fantasy 5 ticket sold in the North Escambia area went unclaimed.
A $68,663.34 lottery prize for a winning ticket sold January 25 at McDonald’s State Line Lotto on Highway 87 near Jay was forfeited in July after the prize went unclaimed.
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3 Responses to “$244K North Escambia Lottery Ticket Goes Unclaimed, Now Worthless”
As I was reading this article, I was thinking the same thing as Mary so I agree, Why is our schools without funds to have what they need?
I don’t understand why people go to the trouble of buying a ticket if they aren’t gonna check the numbers….i find it funny though that when a prize goes unclaimed, that the money goes into the “education” fund, but yet education is always a problem…funding etc. They will threaten to cut teaching jobs, cut this, cut that, cut field trips etc, but alllll this money goes into the fund….NOT TO MENTION THAT THE LOTTERY IS SUPPOSEDLY FOR EDUCATION!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Someone is kicking their self