Two lottery ticket holders in Connecticut could see their financial woes all washed away — but only if they claim their winnings next month.
A winning one $25,000 per Year for Life ticketpurchased April 19 at a New Milford Stop & Shop, will expire Oct. 16, according to Connecticut Lottery officials. The winning numbers were 5, 8, 24, 28, 34 and the Lucky Ball number was 5.
The second prize is a $100,000 Cash5 ticket it’s only good until October 22nd. It was sold at the Burnside Smoke Shop and Convenience store in East Hartford, with the winning numbers 1, 4, 14, 16 and 29.
“Check your tickets!” Connecticut Lottery blared on their social media accounts If two prizes.
There is three smaller unclaimed prizes likewise, CT Insider reported. One expires on December 10th — a quick-play $5 Moneybags Progressive worth $355,829 — and the other two in February 2025. They’re both Cash5 winners, one for $100,000 drawn on August 13th and expiring on February 9th, 2025 , and the other worth $79,280, which expires on February 27.
Connecticut law provides that draw and quick play winnings must be claimed within 180 calendar days from the date the ticket was drawn or purchased.
The struggle is truly nationwide. Millions in payments went missing for months in several states in 2023, NBC News reported. Over the past five to 10 years, an average of $40 million to $50 million has not been received annually, California Lottery Director Carolyn Becker told NBC News last February.
“Millions of dollars in California lottery prize money go unclaimed every year — something that I don’t think a lot of people realize,” Becker told the network in 2023. “I suspect most of these awards are for people who never knew they had won. Maybe they forgot to check their ticket, or lost it, and never saw the result of the draw.”