LOWELL, Mass. (AP) — More than $11 million in Massachusetts lottery tickets remain unclaimed from last year.
A “Lucky for Life” ticket worth $25,000 is waiting for its owner at a Lowell convenience store. And a winning Powerball ticket worth $1 million sold in Dorchester on Nov. 3 and has yet to be claimed.
The Lowell Sun reports that small winnings make up most of unclaimed tickets, but 14 are valued at $25,000 or more.
Retailers who sell a winning ticket receive a 1 percent commission on the prize amount, up to $50,000, even if the ticket is not claimed.
The state Lottery runs awareness campaigns around store locations where winning tickets are sold, on its website, in newspapers and TV broadcasts.
Unclaimed prize money is returned to the state’s general fund each year.
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Information from: The (Lowell, Mass.) Sun, http://www.lowellsun.com
Give it to me!
Hey, I’ll take some of that money! I could really use a newer truck, and enough money to put it on the road and pay the insurance for two years. So, perhaps… $40,000 would be good.
Tickets were probably lost or thrown away on accident…. There’s been a few times I almost chucked some winners…
Why should the state get that money? They should give it to a charity in the town or city where it was sold.