A LOTTERY player is winning $1 million but has yet to claim the jackpot.
The winning Minnesota raffle ticket was purchased at a supermarket.
The winning lottery ticket was drawn on January 1st this year.
It was purchased at Coborn’s grocery store at 1400 Babcock Blvd in Delano, Minnesota.
Like most states, Minnesota lottery drawing players have one year from the date of the drawing to claim prizes.
The $1,000,000 winning ticket is one of only two in the Minnesota drawing.
The other ticket also remains unclaimed.
It was purchased at Kwik Trip, also on New Year’s Day.
Players can check the draw numbers on the Minnesota Lottery website.
Tickets sell out quickly for the current draw. sold only in Minnesota and features all cash prizes.
Raffle tickets can be found at more than 3,000 Minnesota Lottery retailers across the state.
The state lottery advises players to go to the cashier where the lottery is sold and ask for a raffle ticket.
Tickets cost $10 each and are printed similarly to the Powerball and Mega Millions games.
Winners are always announced annually on January 1st.
HOW TO PLAY
The goal of the Minnesota drawing is to match your six-digit number to any of more than 15,000 winning numbers.
There is a 1 in 400,000 chance of winning one of the two $1,000,000 prizes being given away.
Up to five people can win $100,000, another five for $50,000 and another five for $25,000.
What is the state lottery?
Forty-five states currently allow the sale of lottery or scratch-off tickets.
More than thirty states have state lotteries. These are lotteries administered by state agents and agencies, such as the state lottery director and the state lottery board.
Lotteries and lottery agencies are created by state legislatures in statutes. The details of the lottery game, such as the time a winner has to claim a prize, are decided by these statutes. Other factors that depend on each state include the documentation a winner must present to claim a prize, how the prize is paid to the winner, and the procedures if the prize is won by a business or other legal entity.
Taxes on lottery winnings are also subject to change based on the state in which they were won.
Some players see almost half of their winnings disappear if they opt for a lump sum distribution.
Ten people have a chance to win $10,000 and the prices go down, down to $50 in winnings, for which almost 10,000 people are eligible.
O procedure for claiming a prize It varies depending on the amount of money you earn.
Eligible tickets must be fully intact, must be available in the computer system and must have been issued in an authorized manner.
Participants must be 18 years or older to play.
The US Sun also tells the story of a $2 ticket a worker bought on a whim that made him $2 million.
Plus, read about a lottery winner who took home just two-thirds of his $150,000 prize on a $10 scratch-off ticket.
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