Powerball prizes worth $1 million and $50,000 expiring soon in Massachusetts if they're not claimed
Check your old Powerball tickets. Prizes worth $1 million and $50,000 are expiring soon in Massachusetts unless lottery players step up to claim them.
Both winning tickets were sold in April 2024 when the Powerball jackpot climbed to more than $1 billion. A man in Oregon eventually won the $1.3 billion prize.
Winners have one year from the date of the drawing to claim their prizes before they become worthless.
Unclaimed Powerball tickets
The million-dollar winner was sold on April 6 at Route 110 Convenience in Methuen. The winning numbers were 22-27-44-52-69 with a Powerball of 9.
The ticket worth $50,000 was sold at a 7-Eleven on Main Street in North Reading. The winnings numbers were 19-24-40-42-56 with a Powerball of 23.
Where do you claim a lottery prize in Massachusetts?
Prizes under $103,000 can be claimed at Lottery centers in Braintree, Dorchester, Lawrence, New Bedford, West Springfield and Worcester. The million-dollar winner would have to go to Lottery headquarters in Dorchester to claim their prize.
In 2023, a West Roxbury man claimed a $100,000 Mass Cash win just 11 days before it would have expired because his wife saw a news story about the unclaimed prize. He had forgotten that he bought the ticket but managed to find it just in time in a drawer.
The current Powerball jackpot is up to $272 million, with the one-time cash prize option estimated to be $124 million. The next drawing is on Saturday.
