Urgent warning to check Powerball ticket as $50,000 jackpot still unclaimed – it was sold at a convenience store
A LUCKY lottery player is oblivious to the fact they are $50,000 richer as the prize goes unclaimed.
The winning third-prize Powerball ticket was drawn in New Jersey on April 29.
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According to lottery officials, it was purchased at a Quick Mart convenience store in Somerset.
The ticket that won the third tier prize of $50,000 matched four numbers and the Powerball in the drawing.
The winning numbers were: 11-38-47-67-69 with Powerball 14.
There was also a Power Play of 2X.”
It was the highest prize won that night with no one winning the $164 million jackpot or the second-tier prize of $1 million.
The odds of winning the third prize ticket of at least $50,000 are 913,129 to 1.
Meanwhile, those who want to win the top jackpot will have to beat the odds of 292,201,388 to 1.
However, the lucky winner of the $50,000 prize needs to keep their eye on the calendar if they want to claim the money.
Under Powerball and New Jersey lottery rules, the ticket will expire one year from the date of the drawing.
Players may find the expiration date on the reverse of their ticket.
If the prize goes unclaimed the money will be claimed by the lottery jurisdiction
The winner will have to visit the lottery headquarters to claim the money with a photo ID and their social security number if they have one.
As players in New Jersey scramble to find their tickets, Powerball players in South Carolina should be doing the same with $100,000 going unclaimed.
Meanwhile, The U.S. Sun previously reported on a winner who scooped a $50,000 prize but only got $1,470 after claiming the cash.
Top lottery winners in the US
Millions dream of winning the lottery and finding fame and fortune. These are the biggest winners in US lottery history.
Edwin Castro – $2.04 billion, Powerball, Nov. 8, 2022, in California.
Theodorus Struyck – $1.765 billion, Powerball, Oct. 11, 2023, in California.
Unknown winner – $1.602 billion, Mega Millions, Aug. 8, 2023, in Florida.
Marvin and Mae Acosta from Los Angeles, California, John and Lisa Robinson from Munford, Tennessee, and Maureen Smith and David Kaltschmidt from Melbourne Beach, Florida – $1.586 billion, Powerball, Jan. 13, 2016.
Unknown winner – $1.537 billion, Mega Millions, Oct. 23, 2018, from South Carolina.
Unknown winner – he sued the mother of his child to keep his identity hidden – $1.348 billion, Mega Millions, Jan. 13, 2023, from Maine.
Unknown winner – $1.337 billion, Mega Millions, July 29, 2022, from Illinois.
Cheng and Duanpen Saephan, and Laiza Liem Chao – $1.326 billion, Powerball, April 7, 2024, from Oregon.
Yanira Alvarez – $1.08 billion Powerball, July 19, 2023 in California.
Wolverine FLL Lottery Club – $1.05 billion, Mega Millions, Jan. 22, 2021, from Michigan.
Unknown winner – $842.4 million Powerball, Jan. 1, 2024, from Michigan.
A family-owned business in Lewes, Delaware won the Powerball prize in April but the amount quickly dwindled due to how it played the game.
Other winners have discovered that the amount of the prize and the money that reaches their bank accounts are rarely the same.
For example, the winner of the $215 million Powerball jackpot that was drawn in Florida on May 6 could lose half of their prize depending on the choice they make when claiming the cash.
Winners of large windfalls are given the option of choosing a lump sum payment which is smaller than the prize but given immediately and taxed once or getting annual payments for 29 years.
Each annuity payment will increase every year by 5% and will be taxed.
Winners wanting to take the immediate lump sum have a deadline to follow as they have less time to make that claim than those wanting annuity payments.
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