Monday, January 21, 2008

Unclaimed Lottery Money


We are not talking about $2 cash back from scratch cards. Last fiscal year $27 Million went unclaimed in the California Lottery. Many states have close to $500,000 in unclaimed winnings that are due to expire soon unless people step up to claim them. What happens to the unclaimed winnings? It varies state to state, as some states just recycle the money back into the lottery and some give a percentage to state organizations the lottery supports. At the following lottery websites you can search by game and date of ticket purchased to see the winning numbers, and some states even have special pages set up for unclaimed winners. Who knows- you could be holding a $200,000 ticket!

Arizona Lottery
P.O. Box 2913
Phoenix, AZ 85062-2913
480-921-4400
Phoenix Winning Numbers Hotline: 480-829-7425
Winning Numbers Hotline for all other areas in Arizona: 800-499-3798
http://www.arizonalottery.com/
http://www.arizonalottery.com/UnclaimedPrizes.asp
$430,000 with one ticket worth $200,000

California Lottery
Headquarters Customer Service
600 North Tenth Street
Sacramento, CA 95814
800-LOTTERY - From CA, NV, OR & AZ
916-323-7095 - From anywhere else
TDD: 800-345-4275
FY 2004-2005 unclaimed prizes totaled $27,019,168
http://www.calottery.com

Colorado Lottery
Headquarters
212 West 3rd Street, Suite 210
Pueblo, CO 81003
719-546-2400
Fax: 719-546-5208
http://www.coloradolottery.com/

Connecticut Lottery
Connecticut Lottery Corporation
270 John Downey Drive
New Britain, CT 06051
Player's Information Line: 860-348-4000
http://www.ctlottery.org/

District of Columbia Lottery
The D.C. Lottery and Charitable Games Control Board
2101 Martin Luther King, Jr. Avenue, S.E.
Washington, D.C. 20020-5731
202-645-7900 or 645-8000
http://www.dclottery.com/
$8,631,000 in unclaimed winnings

Delaware Lottery
Delaware Lottery Office
McKee Business Park
1575 McKee Road, Suite 102
Dover, DE 19904
302-739-5291
Fax: 302-739-6706
For winning numbers and other Delaware Lottery information
In Delaware: 1-800-338-6200
From out-of-state: 302-736-1436
http://lottery.state.de.us/
$240,000 current unclaimed big prizes

Florida Lottery
250 Mariott Drive
Tallahassee, FL 32301
850-487-7725
TDD: 850-487-7784
Fax: 850-488-8049
http://www.flalottery.com/

Georgia Lottery
Georgia Lottery Corporation
250 Williams Street
Suite 3000
Atlanta, GA 30303
Player Information Hotline
Inside Georgia
1-800-GA-LUCKY
Metro Atlanta
770-GA-LUCKY
Outside Georgia
1-900-25-LUCKY
http://www.galottery.com/

Indiana Lottery
Pan Am Plaza, Suite 1100
201 S. Capitol Ave.
Indianapolis, IN 46225
800-955-6886
http://www.in.gov/hoosierlottery

Idaho Lottery
PO Box 6537
Boise, ID 83707-6537
208-334-2600
http://www.idaholottery.com/

Illinois Lottery
101 West Jefferson Street Springfield, IL 62702
(800) 252-1775
TDD: (217) 524-5250
http://www.illinoislottery.com/subsections/contact.htm
$14,000,000 is waiting to be claimed
http://www.illinoislottery.com/subsections/Unclaimed.asp

Iowa Lottery
PO Box 10474
Des Moines, IA 50306-9996
515-725-7900
Headquarters Winning Numbers Line: 515-323-4633
www.ialottery.com
http://www.ialottery.com/Games/unclaimed.asp
over $600,000 in unclaimed winnings.

Kansas Lottery
Kansas Lottery Headquarters
128 N. Kansas Ave.
Topeka, KS 66603
785-296-5774
Winning Numbers: 800-544-WINS
http://www.kslottery.com/
http://www.kslottery.com/GameInformation/UnclaimedWinners.asp
$750,000 in unclaimed winnings.

Kentucky Lottery
1011 West Main St.
Louisville, KY 40202
502-560-1500
Winning Numbers Hotline
502-583-2000
http://www.kylottery.com/
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Louisiana Lottery
555 Laurel St.
Baton Rouge, LA 70801-1813
225-297-2000
http://www.louisianalottery.com/
Winning Numbers Hotline
800-735-5825 Statewide
225-297-2350 Baton Rouge

Maine State Lottery Commission
8 State House Station
Augusta, ME 04333
800-452-8777
207-287-3721
http://www.mainelottery.com/
http://www.mainelottery.com/players_info/unclaimed_prizes.html
over $250,000 in unclaimed winnings.

Maryland State Lottery Agency
Montgomery Business Park
1800 Washington Boulevard, Suite 330
Baltimore, MD 21230
410-230-8730
http://www.mdlottery.com/

Massachusetts Lottery
Braintree Lottery Headquarters
60 Columbian Street
Braintree, MA 02184
781-849-5555
http://www.masslottery.com/

Michigan Lottery
101 E. Hillsdale
P.O. Box 30023
Lansing, MI 48909
517-335-5600
Fax: 517-335-5644
http://www.michigan.gov/lottery
http://www.michigan.gov/lottery/0,1607,7-110-28916_28933---,00.html
some unclaimed big prizes

Minnesota Lottery
Headquarters
2645 Long Lake Road
Roseville, MN 55113
651-297-7456
http://www.lottery.state.mn.us/
http://www.lottery.state.mn.us/unclaim.html

Missouri Lottery
P.O. Box 1603
1823 Southridge Drive
Jefferson City, MO 65109-1603
573-751-4050
Winning Numbers Hot line: 573-751-1111
http://www.molottery.com/
http://www.molottery.com/aboutourgames/winningnumbers/unclaimedprizes.shtm

Montana Lottery
2525 North Montana Avenue
Helena, MT 59601-0598
406-444-5825
http://www.montanalottery.com/

Nebraska Lottery
P.O. Box 98901
301 Centennial Mall South
Lincoln, NE 68509
402-471-6100
http://www.nelottery.com/
http://www.nelottery.com/article.xsp?aid=403
unclaimed prize info for lotto, but you can also search by game.

New Hampshire Lottery
P.O. Box 1208
Concord, NH 03302-1208
In-State: 800-852-3324
Out-of-State: 603-271-3391
www.nhlottery.com
http://www.nhlottery.com/winning-numbers/

New Jersey Lottery
P.O. Box 041
Trenton, NJ 08625
609-599-5835
http://www.state.nj.us/lottery/
http://www.state.nj.us/lottery/games/1-7_unclaimed_jackpots.htm

New Mexico Lottery
Communications Office
PO Box 93130
Albuquerque, NM 87199-3130
505-342-7600
New Mexico Lottery Player's Hotline: 505-342-PLAY (7529).
http://www.nmlottery.com/

New York Lottery
One Broadway Center
P.O. Box 7500 Schenectady, NY 12301-7500
518-388-3415
http://www.nylottery.org/index.php

North Carolina Education Lottery
P.O. Box 41606
Raleigh, NC 27629-1606
Player Services at 877-962-7529 for more information.
http://www.nc-educationlottery.org/

North Dakota Lottery
600 E. Boulevard Ave.
Dept. 125
Bismarck, ND 58505
701-328-1574
http://www.ndlottery.org/

Ohio Lottery Commission
615 W. Superior Ave.
Cleveland, OH 44113
216-787-3200
800-686-4208
http://www.ohiolottery.com/

Oklahoma Lottery Commission
3817 N. Santa Fe
Oklahoma City, OK 73118
405-522-7700
Fax: 405-521-0528
http://www.lottery.ok.gov/
http://www.lottery.ok.gov/unclaimed_prizes.asp

Oregon Lottery
PO Box 12649
Salem, OR 97309
503-540-1000
http://www.oregonlottery.org/welcome.php

Pennsylvania Lottery
2850 Turnpike Industrial Drive
Middletown, PA 17057
717-986-4699
Fax: 717-986-4767
http://www.palottery.state.pa.us/

Rhode Island Lottery
1425 Pontiac Avenue
Cranston, RI 02920
401-463-6500
Fax: 401-463-5669
http://www.rilot.com/

South Carolina Education Lottery
PO Box 11039
Columbia, SC 29211-1039
803-737-2002
http://www.sceducationlottery.com/

South Dakota Lottery
PO Box 7107
207 E. Capitol Ave.
Pierre, SD 57501
605-773-5770
Fax: 605-773-5786
http://www.sdlottery.org/
http://www.sdlottery.org/ClaimPrize_unclaimed.asp

Tennessee Lottery
P.O. Box 23470
Nashville, TN 37202
615-324-6500
Player Services: 1 -877-7TN-PLAY (786-7529)
http://www.tnlottery.com/

Texas Lottery
P.O. Box 16630
Austin, TX 78761-6630
800-37LOTTO
http://www.txlottery.org/

Vermont Lottery
1311 US Route 302-Berlin, Suite 100
Barre, VT 05641
802-479-5686
1-800-322-8800 (in Vermont)
Fax: 802-479-4294
http://www.vtlottery.com/

Virginia Lottery
900 E. Main Street
Richmond, VA 23219
804-692-7000
Fax: 804-692-7102
http://www.valottery.com/

Washington Lottery
PO Box 43000
Olympia, WA 98504-3000
360-664-4720
Fax: 360-664-2630
Winning Numbers Line
1-800-545-7510
http://www.walottery.com/
http://www.walottery.com/sections/WinningNumbers/Default.aspx?Page=Unclaimed
$6,750,000 in just two top prizes

West Virginia Lottery
P.O. Box 2067
Charleston, WV 25327
304-558-0500
800-982-2274
http://www.wvlottery.com/

Wisconsin Lottery
PO Box 8941
Madison, WI 53708-8941
608-261-4916
Winning Number Hotline
608-266-7777
http://www.wilottery.com/index.asp