Tag: Jackpots

It took 132 days for the winner of the $1.5 billion Mega Millions jackpot to claim the prize. The prize was received from the South Carolina Education Lottery.

 A mystery good Samaritan handed in Mike Weirsky’s lost lottery ticket worth US$273 million – and he could have claimed it himself.

National Lottery urges people to check Euromillions tickets with 11 unclaimed millionaires. In Friday’s EuroMillions lottery draw, a total of 40 people won the life-changing six-figure sum.  However, so far only 29 of those lucky ticket-holders have comes forward.

A Canadian convenience store worker and his daughter have been jailed and fined C$4.6m ($3.5m, £2.6m) for stealing a winning lottery ticket.

Park ranger, furloughed by the government shutdown, cashes out with $30 million in the New Jersey lottery. She didn’t have to be concerned about her paycheck after winning the lottery!