How Long to Claim Mega Millions Jackpot Winners
Written March 6, 2008 by Jack Jones
There are some people out there who seem to misplace their Mega Millions lottery tickets for quite some time. This is not a practice recommended by casino expert Mark Pilarski, as he explains to a reader who noticed while cleaning an old purse the she had $10 worth of Mega Millions lottery tickets she purchased last year in California. After checking out a web site and finding out they were not winners, she was still curious about how long she had to redeem them had she won anything, and what would happen if no one came forward to claim the big MEGA Millions jackpot.
If a jackpot prize is not claimed within the required time limit, in this case 180 days, each of the participating states in the MEGA Millions game gets back all the money they contributed to that jackpot. The 12 states where the game is played, California, Georgia, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Texas, Virginia and Washington, each use unclaimed prizes for different purposes. Since tickets were purchased in California, their portion of the unclaimed MEGA Millions jackpot prize would go toward public education.
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