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In the interest of speed and timeliness, this story is fed directly from the Associated Press newswire and may contain spelling or grammatical errors.
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Lottery prize unclaimed after Visalia store sells winner
Thursday April 17, 2003
VISALIA, Calif. (AP) A winning ticket for a $10 million
lottery jackpot was sold at a Visalia store, but no one had claimed
the prize by Thursday afternoon.
Simeon Aguirre, a California Lottery spokesman, said the winning
ticket for the ``SuperLotto Plus'' game was sold at BJ's Express
Mart between Sunday and Wednesday.
The winning numbers were 31-14-12-18-46, with the Meganumber 7.
A person has 180 days to claim the winning ticket.
As part of a deal to sell lottery tickets, the owner of BJ's
Express Mart will receive about half of 1 percent of the jackpot,
which is about $50,000.
``Out of courtesy you always tell the customer good luck. You
never think you'll be the one to sell the $1 million or $10 million
winning ticket,'' store manager Steve Boswell said.
He said he doesn't know what the store owners will do with the
money.
The largest jackpot won in the state was $193 million on Feb.
16, 2002. Three people in different cities split the jackpot,
Aguirre said.
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On the Net:
California Lottery: http://www.calottery.com/
(Copyright 2003 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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