· a powerball player won a $ 2 million prize from the ticket he bought but couldn’t keep the full amount. · a south carolina woman won $300,000 on a scratch-off ticket three years after winning a $250,000 lottery prize , lottery officials said. · state lottery officials said cerveras jackpot marks only the second time they have been forced to release a store surveillance photo to track down a winner. With just 25 days to go before california lottery officials would be required by law to forfeit her prize , a local newspaper ran a story about the lost ticket with a surveillance camera photo of the woman. Two lottery players hit $820,000 jackpot in georgia. Danny buckelew from treynor, iowa, matched all five white balls from the drawing and missed the powerball. Hundreds of millions in lottery winnings go unclaimed each year. The belatedly crowned winner of a $ 23 million california lottery jackpot says she had stuffed the lucky ticket in her car and left it there forgotten for months, until a surveillance camera. The only problem was, she never checked to see. Discover the real reasons behind forgotten jackpots, bizarre cases, and what happens to the money left behind. · even more incredible than this womans forgetfulness is the way she was finally discovered. · today we are learning about a woman in california who purchased a lottery ticket in palmdale california that turned out to be worth $ 23 million.
