Woman says $26M lottery ticket destroyed in wash
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NORWALK, Calif. – The winner of a $26 million California Lottery prize may have literally washed the chance of a fortune down the drain.
The winning SuperLotto Plus ticket for the Nov. 14 drawing was sold at an Arco AM/PM convenience store in the Los Angeles suburb of Norwalk. Thursday was the last day to redeem it.
Nobody did.
Store employee Esperanza Hernandez told the Whittier Daily News that a woman came in Wednesday and told workers that she had put the ticket in her pants and it was destroyed in the laundry.
Lottery jackpot winner claims she washed ticket worth £18.5m â and may now lose prize
Despite CCTV showing the unlucky woman actually buying a lottery ticket inside a shop she regularly visits, Lottery bosses insist there is no proof the winning ticket was hers
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Norwalk, California: The winner of a $26 million California Lottery prize may have literally washed the chance of a fortune down the drain.
The winning SuperLotto Plus ticket for the Nov. 14 drawing was sold at an Arco AM/PM convenience store in the Los Angeles suburb of Norwalk. Thursday was the last day to redeem it.
Nobody did.
Store employee Esperanza Hernandez told the Whittier Daily News that a woman came in Wednesday and told workers that she had put the ticket in her pants and it was destroyed in the laundry.
The store’s manager told KTLA-TV that surveillance video showed the woman who bought the ticket, and she’s known to store workers.
Updated: 2:10 PM PDT May 14, 2021 Associated Press The winner of a $26 million California Lottery prize may have literally washed the chance of a fortune down the drain.The winning SuperLotto Plus ticket for the Nov. 14 drawing was sold at an Arco AM/PM convenience store in the Los Angeles suburb of Norwalk. Thursday was the last day to redeem it.Nobody did.Store employee Esperanza Hernandez told the Whittier Daily News that a woman came in Wednesday and told workers that she had put the ticket in her pants and it was destroyed in the laundry.The store s manager told KTLA-TV that surveillance video showed the woman who bought the ticket, and she s known to store workers.A copy of the surveillance video was turned over to California Lottery officials, the manager said.The claim will be investigated, lottery spokeswoman Cathy Johnston said.Lottery officials say someone who believes he or she is a winner must complete a claim form. But if someone loses a ticket,
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A woman who claims to have purchased the winning ticket in a $26m (£18.5m) California Lottery draw says she left it in a trouser pocket and destroyed it in the wash, US media report.
The winning SuperLotto Plus ticket was sold at a convenience store in the Los Angeles suburb of Norwalk in November.
The woman, who has not been named, was reportedly captured by CCTV purchasing a ticket at the store at the time.
But a deadline set for claiming the substantial prize passed on Thursday.