Couple finds winning lottery ticket, cleaning house, 2 weeks before experiation: worth 1.8 million

[Stuart G]

Yahoo News..

https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/couple-finds-winning-1-8m-lottery-ticket-cleaning-house-claims-prize-two-weeks-expiration-161057174.html


Harold and Tina Ehrenberg hit the jackpot — literally — as they tidied up their Mandeville, La., home this week while preparing to host a Thanksgiving crowd. On a nightstand in their bedroom, Tina stumbled upon a few forgotten lottery tickets — and one was a winning ticket that entitled them to a $1.8 million jackpot.

But that’s not even the craziest part. It turns out the pair claimed the prize just in the nick of time. Winnings for draw-style lottery games like this one must be claimed within 180 days of the drawing, Kimberly Chopin, director of communications for the Lousiana Lottery, told Yahoo Lifestyle. The winning ticket belonged to a June 6, 2018, drawing but wasn’t claimed until Nov. 19. That left a mere two weeks until the window would close and the Ehrenbergs would lose their prize forever.

“I checked the numbers three times,” Tina told Yahoo Lifestyle. Then she recruited Harold to log onto the Louisiana Lottery’s website and check while she read aloud the numbers they’d picked — 03-07-30-31-35-38 — just to make sure it wasn’t her imagination. Then it dawned on the couple that they might have waited too long — and panic set in.

[samnsara]

1. the billion $ ticket hasnt been claimed yet either

[Stuart G]

2. I don't know that one...perhaps it is in my closet,,or on a table...What date was the..billion one?

[Demovictory9]

12. really?

[liberalla]

3. I'm so happy for them, what a fantastic surprise!!!

[malaise]

4. That should make life a little easier

or a lot.

[Stuart G]

5. A lot easier I might say...(could be wrong) but can you imagine that moment....when..

these two realized that they won enough money to never worry about money again?
Never, ever, even thinking about having enough or spending some more on this or that?...or ..
Spending on anything that you might want...anything?

[onethatcares]

6. do you think it's enough

to buy a senator, or a supreme court nomination? Or just those things like a place to live after vacation.

[malaise]

7. Depends on how they deal with it

Lottery winners are often very indisciplined.
That would sure be more than enough for us.

[Stuart G]

8. 7 very important words...."Depends on how they deal with it"

Yep...sure enough for me...quite enough..ok, I'll take half that amount..ok???

[malaise]

13. The saddest story of a lotto winner for me was this one

https://m.

https://www.cnbc.com/id/100897431

Abraham Shakespeare was conned and killed

[mopinko]

9. descended on by beggars and hangers on, too.

many a lottery winner wishes they had never bought that ticket.

[malaise]

10. And never forget the long lost relatives

[mopinko]

14. wapo had a long story about a dude that won the lottery.

it was an older story, but came up for some reason.
freakin world crashed in on that dude, but not before he decided he owned his small town.
if i were to win, which would be amazing since i never, ever play, but if i did, i would hire a lawyer, and accept it anonymously. nobody would ever know.

[jcgoldie]

15. If you win you're 40 x's more likely to get murdered...

I have no idea if that's true but I heard that statistic somewhere and I use it all the time to console my wife when she loses again.

[Demovictory9]

11. lucky