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by: Edward Webber - Category:
According to a USA TODAY survey, each year millions of dollars in lottery prizes go uncollected. These lost riches include not only Jackpots worth $1 Million or greater, but hundreds of winning tickets worth $100,000 or more.
Lottery officials attribute unclaimed prizes to both human forgetfulness and, unfortunately, machine errors. Players often rely on retailers computers to tell them when they’ve won. Rather than checking numbers, lottery players hand their tickets – sometimes dozens- to a convenience store clerk for a computer check. Winning tickets are cashed; losers are thrown away.
On Monday, February 7, 2011, a $4.1 Million winning lottery ticket expired and became worthless because the winner never came forward. Perhaps they didn’t realize they won, or maybe they misplaced their ticket. Regardless, their 6 month time limit to claim their prize has now run out. Sorry! In Ohio, a computer at a retailer for lottery tickets failed to validate a $267 million winning ticket. Apparently the computer system at the official lottery office in Cleveland didn’t read the encoded link correctly. Somehow, the size of the jackpot caused a glitch in the computer program.
Unlike buying lottery tickets through your local agent, buying tickets online at theLotter.com is the best way for a player to guarantee that they don’t miss out on becoming a millionaire due to forgetfulness or computer errors. Not only do we hold on to a scanned copy of the ticket for our players, we monitor all tickets purchased by our players and immediately notify them via e-mail or SMS when they win.
No need to physically check the results, or physically collect your winnings. We deposit your winnings automatically into your account, free of charge. All of this information is also automatically updated upon your win in the “My Winnings” section in your account details.
In conclusion, what have we learned here? Don’t be a “coulda-woulda-shoulda” millionaire. Buy your lottery tickets online at theLotter.com and then just sit back and relax. We’ll take care of the rest!
