$15 MILLION JACKPOT REMAINS UNCLAIMED.Byline: Daily News A month ago someone became an instant multimillionaire mul·ti·mil·lion·aire n. One whose financial assets are worth several million dollars. multimillionaire Noun a person who has money or property worth several million pounds, dollars, etc. , but still hasn't come forward to collect. The ticket with the six numbers drawn (6, 13, 22, 30, 44 and 48), bought at the Town and Country Market in Pearblossom, was the only winner in the Jan. 20 Super Lotto and is worth $15 million - $750,000 annually for 20 years - but nobody has claimed the jackpot. The delay is uncommon, but not unprecedented, state lottery A game of chance operated by a state government. Generally a lottery offers a person the chance to win a prize in exchange for something of lesser value. Most lotteries offer a large cash prize, and the chance to win the cash prize is typically available for one dollar. officials say. Lottery winners have six months to claim their prizes before the money goes back into the prize pool. "A month is not very long. Once it gets to three months we start thinking, 'Hmmm,' and start putting it out in the press that there is an unclaimed winning," said lottery spokeswoman Linda Eves. In Pearblossom, the rumors are swirling. One of them is that the ticket buyer knows about the winning, but wants to become a millionaire quietly - without the notoriety NOTORIETY, evidence. That which is generally known. 2. This notoriety is of fact or of law. In general, the notoriety of a fact is not sufficient to found a judgment or to rely on its truth; 1 Ohio Rep. that usually accompanies the awarding of big jackpots. "We heard a rumor RUMOR. A general public report of certain things, without any certainty as to their truth. 2. In general, rumor cannot be received in evidence, but when the question is whether such rumor existed, and not its truth or falsehood, then evidence of it may be given. that a schoolteacher in Littlerock has the ticket and doesn't want to go public. There's so many rumors," said Town and Country clerk Linda Dorgalli. "There's a lot of people who haven't checked their tickets . . . They're waiting for other people to check. They like to think positive for now." There is also a chance that the ticket was purchased by an out-of-towner, since motorists passing through town are frequent visitors on Fridays - the day the ticket was purchased. Earlier that day, a busload bus·load n. The number of passengers or the quantity of cargo that a bus can carry. Noun 1. busload - the quantity of cargo or the number of passengers that a bus can carry of gamblers bound for Las Vegas Las Vegas (läs vā`gəs), city (1990 pop. 258,295), seat of Clark co., S Nev.; inc. 1911. It is the largest city in Nevada and the center of one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the United States. came in and bought tickets. The winning ticket, purchased at 9:27 a.m., was bought alone, as a single ticket, with no groceries or other purchases, Dorgalli said. |
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