Florida Lottery: What happens to unclaimed money from winning ticket? – NBC New York
When do winning tickets from the Florida Lottery expire? And what happens to unclaimed prize money?
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When do winning tickets from the Florida Lottery expire? And what happens to unclaimed prize money?
When do winning tickets from the Florida Lottery expire? And what happens to unclaimed prize money?
The search came to an end at midnight on Tuesday, as no one appeared at the Florida Lottery headquarters in Tallahassee to claim the prize. Tickets are considered "expired" if the prize remains unclaimed for 180 days. Despite months of frenzied efforts by the gas station to locate the winner, the jackpot remains unclaimed.
A Florida lottery ticket worth $44 million will go toward education and a future prize pool after no one claimed the winnings by Monday's expiration date, officials said.
The deadline of midnight Monday passed and no one claimed the winning $44 million lottery ticket sold in Florida.