- A winning $36 million lottery ticket was not claimed in Florida.
- Potential winners have missed the 180-day grace period to claim their prize.
- 80% of unclaimed prize money will be transferred to a trust fund for education.
Someone in Florida may be walking around happily not realizing that they have lost an opportunity to get rich quick.
Lottery participants were unable to announce winning tickets by the deadline and lost $36 million, the newspaper said. florida lottery.
The 180-day claim period for the Mega Millions August drawing ended on February 11th.
The winning Quick Pick ticket was purchased at a Publix store in Jacksonville, Mega Millions reported, but was never claimed.
The quick pick option allows the machine to randomly select lottery numbers for the player.
The lottery ticket costs $2.
In accordance with Florida law, 80% of the funds will be transferred to a trust fund for education. The remaining 20% will be kept as a prize pool.
In December, another Florida lottery ticket went unclaimed and $44 million was forfeited by Florida Lottery owners.
To verify the huge prize, participants must visit the Florida Lottery headquarters in Tallahassee and have their ticket authenticated.
The ticket was purchased at a Sunoco gas station in Kissimmee in June.
Last September, the Powerball jackpot rose to $835 million after multiple drawings had no winners.
In another unfortunate lottery incident, a California woman accidentally destroyed her winning ticket during the 2021 drawing. The woman was unable to provide the necessary “convincing and substantial evidence” that she had the winning ticket because she put it in the washing machine with hers and ruined it. There wasn't.
Mega Millions is offered in 45 states, Washington DC, and the Virgin Islands.
Business Insider has reached out to Mega Millions for comment.
