Nobody did.
Store employee Esperanza Hernandez told the Whittier Daily News that a woman came in on 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 is 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, a 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, they must provide evidence that they owned it, such as a photograph of the front and back of the ticket, the officials said.
The self-proclaimed winner of a $26 million lottery jackpot might be left high and dry after she purportedly destroyed her winning ticket in a washing machine.
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.