Since I blogged a few weeks ago about the six-month mark hitting for an unclaimed $2 million Powerball® prize in Cedar Rapids, we’ve heard from some folks who wondered if they might have had the winning ticket and misplaced it or thrown it away. But so far, none of them appear to be the lucky person who bought that winning ticket.
So, it’s still out there and we’re still looking for the winner! The calls and contacts we’ve had tell me that we’re getting the word out and people are noticing. And they're double-checking their tickets and their memories from that time period, which is what we want.
We’ll keep looking and sending out reminders. There are still five more months to go before that prize will expire and we want to see it claimed in time!
Hi, Nancy. Great questions. You're correct that we've already release the details about the store where the winning ticket was purchased. Gathering security-camera footage also is a routine part of the work that we do to verify the details associated with a winning ticket. We use the pertinent details we know about the ticket purchase to verify the information presented to us by those who may assert that they are the big winner. If we were to publicly release those details, people could try to make their stories match up with the known facts, so we do not publicly release that information until after the prize has been claimed.
Posted by: Mary Neubauer | February 20, 2017 at 11:39 AM
If you know where the ticket was bought you probably know what time it was bought why can't you just post a picture of the person who bought it? There has to be surveillance video inside the establishment that sold the ticket, correct?
Posted by: Nancy Hoffman | February 17, 2017 at 08:56 PM