Unclaimed $800,000 Powerball Lottery Ticket Expires Today
Today is the last day left in the life of an $800,000 Powerball ticket that was sold last December in Memphis, Tennessee.
As with all of the Tennessee Lottery's numbers-pick games, players have 180 days from the date of the drawing to claim their prize.
Since the ticket was purchased for the Dec. 10, 2005 drawing, the ticket expires on Friday.
The Lottery encourages players who purchased a ticket for that drawing to check their pockets, keepsake boxes, mattresses, to be sure their ticket isn't this one, which contained all five white ball numbers: 03-21-34-42-45 Powerball 39.
Since the ticket was purchased using the Power Play option, the $200,000 prize for matching all five of the white balls was multiplied by four (the multiplier chosen for that drawing).
As with all Powerball prizes of $99,999 and above, the ticket must be verified and claimed at the Lottery's Nashville headquarters.
Currently, state law requires that once prizes are officially unclaimed, half of the money goes to after-school programs; the other half will be used to offset future prize expenses. However, once new legislation takes effect, unclaimed prize money of up to $18 million will be used for after-school programs. |
