Unclaimed Michigan Lottery Ticket Sent To School Aid Fund

Playing the lottery is all about chance and opportunity but there are no guarantees in the game. The only thing you can guarantee is that there will be lottery numbers pulled everyday but there isn't always a winner. We have all seen the large Mega Millions and Powerball billboards showing the hundreds of millions available to win.

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Every so often someone does get lucky, and they play the winning numbers. There are some states that allows those winners to remain anonymous while others make it public record. Michigan is currently a public record state, but they are considering allowing those individuals to fly under the radar moving forward. There have been plenty of people in Michigan and all over the country that have played the right numbers.

Someone recently played the right numbers to win the Powerball jackpot in Michigan but didn't finish the task. I'm not sure of the policies in other states but Michigan takes those funds and disperses them to the School Aid Fund. As you can guess, there was more unclaimed prize money that the School Aid Fund will be awarded.

There was a winning ticket was sold at the Kroger store in Bloomfield Hills, matched four white balls and the Powerball -- 01-03-07-16-66 PB: 05 -- for the drawing on March 11, 2024, to win a $50,000 prize. The person also played the Power Play option multiplying the winnings by 5, reaching a total of $250,000.

Last year, the School Aid Fund received more than $1 billion for the 6th year in a row, from unclaimed winning lottery tickets as individuals have one calendar year to claim their prize before it is relinquished to the School Aid Fund. The state of Michigan reminds all players to check their tickets immediately, so they don't miss out on their potential winnings.