Yet another expiring ticket worth $1 million for this drawing
By Kate Northrop
Sadly, more than one $1 million winning Powerball lottery ticket from the same drawing is expiring, including one bought in Texas.
A $1 million Powerball prize from a winning ticket bought in Texas will be expiring very soon, with just a week left for the owner to step forward and claim it.
Texas Lottery officials announced on Thursday that the winning ticket purchased at Big Shot on Bissonnet Street in Houston will expire on Mon., Jan. 15.
Unfortunately, it's not the only $1 million winning Powerball ticket about to go by the wayside — another $1 million winning ticket bought in Kentucky for the same drawing will also expire on the same date.
However, both ticketholders of the winning Texas and Kentucky prizes will actually have until 5:00 pm local time on Fri., Jan, 12 since Lottery offices will be closed in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
"We hope to celebrate the Texas Lottery player who became a $1 million prize winner in the July 19, 2023 Powerball drawing," Texas Lottery Executive Director Gary Grief said in a press release. "We encourage our Powerball players to take another look at their tickets, and if your numbers match, sign the back of the ticket before claiming your prize at a Texas Lottery claim center."
The winner may also claim the prize by mail, but the envelope containing the ticket must be postmarked on or before Mon., Jan. 15.
The winning ticket missed the Powerball number 24 but matched all five white ball numbers in the July 19, 2023 drawing, which were 7, 10, 11, 13, and 24.
The $1.08 billion jackpot from the July 19, 2023 drawing was won that night by one ticket purchased in Los Angeles, California. The winner has not yet come forward to claim the prize, but one woman went viral online after a video surfaced of her claiming to be the winner.
Winners of draw game prizes in Texas have 180 days from the draw date to claim prizes. Unclaimed winnings will be allocated to state programs authorized by Texas legislature.
These expiring lottery tickets seem to have become a common thing now. I wonder how much money in total does these expired lottery tickets add up to be. Most likely in the billion dollar range over these years.
Yes I think about the first double play winner never claimed the $10M prize in Maryland. It would be cool if they did a raffle or something with the unclaimed money.
That would great to have a raffle for all the unclaimed prize money. It would be nice to have at least 20 to 50 winners splitting the prize.