2002 Press Releases
May 01, 2002$100,000 POWERBALL PRIZE SET TO EXPIRE
DOVER, DE -A $100,000 POWERBALL®
prize remains unclaimed from the May 12, 2001 drawing. The prize
will expire this month on its one-year anniversary.
Lottery records indicate the ticket was sold at the 7-11 on Basin
Road in New Castle. Winning numbers for the drawing were 11, 16,
28, 29 and 36 for the white numbers and 21 for the red POWERBALL
number. Lottery Officials encourage players to double-check old
tickets for these numbers. The winning ticket holder should fill
out the back of the ticket and bring it to the Delaware Lottery
Office, McKee Business Park, 1575 McKee Road, Suite 102, Dover
before 4:00 p.m. on May 10 for verification and payment.
As of May 1, two additional $100,000 POWERBALL prizes-from the
August 18, 2001 and August 25, 2001 drawings-remain unclaimed,
while one $258,000 LOTTO prize remains unclaimed from the August
27, 2001 drawing. Information on unclaimed Delaware Lottery prizes
is provided within each game section at delottery.com.
All POWERBALL, LOTTO, PLAY 3, PLAY 4 and Rolldown® prizes
must be claimed within one year from the date of the drawing.
Delaware Lottery Retailers will pay out prizes worth $599 or less.
Prizes worth $600 to $5,000 must be claimed at any Claim Center
or the Delaware Lottery Office, and prizes worth $5,001 or more
must be claimed at the Delaware Lottery Office. Unclaimed prizes
are contributed to the state's General Fund. Players may check
tickets at delottery.com or call the Player Information Line at
1-800-338-6200 (in Delaware) or 1-302-736-1436 (from out of state).
Since the start of operations in 1975, the Delaware Lottery has
contributed more than $1.3 billion to the state's General Fund
to help finance needed state services that benefit everyone in
Delaware. The Lottery offers a variety of games: POWERBALL, LOTTO,
PLAY 3, PLAY 4, and assorted Instant Games.
