Unclaimed $1M Powerball Ticket Goes To Schools In Michigan

MICHIGAN — If you snooze, you lose. But in this case, many won. Someone in Michigan won $1 million playing the Michigan lottery and didn't claim it. Now, it's going toward schools in the state.

A $1 million Powerball ticket expired this month and the prize went to the state School Aid Fund, the Michigan Lottery announced.

The ticket expired at 4:45 p.m. Oct. 3, 2019. It was purchased at the Speedway gas station located at 10070 Highland Road in Hartland.

Powerball tickets are valid for one year from the date of the drawing.

It was the third $1 million prize to go unclaimed in 2019 after $1 million Mega Millions prizes went unclaimed in March and earlier this month.

The record for an unclaimed Lottery prize in Michigan was set in 1998 when a $34 million prize went unclaimed. The winning Michigan Lotto game ticket was purchased at the Meijer located at 1350 West Lake Lansing Road in East Lansing.