Powerball winner or looser? :"He said he was sure nobody is going to claim the ticket because he washed it."

Powerball winner or looser? :"He said he was sure nobody is going to claim the ticket because he washed it."

When purchasing your online lottery tickets, through theLotter.com, there is no way your money will end up in the pool of unclaimed prizes.

At least 100 people ware trying to claim the money as their own just because none could produce the winning lottery ticket.

 "Some guy called twice — I'm not sure if he forgot he called," said lottery spokeswoman S. Lunsford. "He said he was sure nobody is going to claim the ticket because he washed it."

The winning lottery ticket for the Aug. 1, 2007, drawing was purchased at a shop in Kansas.

The deadline was 5 PM Friday to turn the ticket in.

Lunsford said one man claimed that he was "very familiar" with the winning numbers, because his son had the lottery ticket, but was in Arizona for work and couldn't bring it in.
That didn't matter, either, she said, because the person who claimed the prize would have had to have the ticket in hand.

Any Lottery Jackpot money not claimed within 1 year of the drawing goes back into the prize pool, shesaid.

When purchasing your online lottery tickets, through theLotter.com, there is no way your money will end up in the pool of unclaimed prizes.

Upon the drawing event, our online lottery system automatically verifies all lottery forms bought through the site and distributes an immediate Winning Alert in case of a winning combination.

Jackpot winnings are insured through Tysers International Insurance at Lloyd's.