A Pennsylvania woman is on a desperate hunt for a $ 2.5 million winning ticket after she put it wrong.
In May 2024, Mildred Simoneriluto, 76, bought a cash ticket from 5 lottery at a grocery store in Murrysville, Pennsylvania, as reported by ABC subsidiary Wtae Tuesday. But when she realized two weeks later that she won the $ 2.5 million, she couldn’t find the ticket.
From there, she discovered that she left the ticket in a jacket she donated to Vietnam Veterans of America, a non-profit organization collecting donations needed for veterans in the US
“I was intoxicated; There are no words for it, there is no expression, ‘she told the Wtae about her mistake. “How can I get it back?”
She also said that although the ticket is now missing, she initially put it in the narrow colored jacket so she would “not forget”. Simoneriluto has since continued to search for the ticket at a series of local grocery stores, including the store from which she got it.
“I went to buy N’save about 100 times, and they said they were nothing they could do,” she explained.
However, she is getting time to find her ticket. The lottery authorities also told her needs to submit the physical ticket by May 8 to get her profits. The lottery ticket has these numbers: 14, 22, 33, 35 and 38.
Simoneriluto acknowledged that the ticket could be all over the US, given the fact that she had no idea where her jacket was donated. According to WtaeShe is also aware of the fact that someone else can find that winning ticket and switch it in.
“What else can I do? Cry out loud and hope something will happen, ‘she added. “Positive at my end.”
According to Pennsylvania Lottery, Cash 5 with Quick Cash is the only game in the state’s lottery that offers players’ a chance to win a big jackpot every day and take all the cash at the same time. ” There are ‘no annuities’ in this match, so lottery winners do not have to receive their payments over time.
Meanwhile, a woman in Texas also misses her lottery gain, but for another reason. The resident of Austin, who remains anonymous, spent $ 20 on Texas Lotto tickets for the draw on February 17 using the app Jackpocket before winning the $ 83.5 million jackpot. Jackpocket is a third-party selling known as an online Lotto-Koerer-which allows customers to buy tickets and scratches at a fee.
Seven days after her victory, the lottery officials in Texas announced that they were going forward with an investigation into two separate major victories due to money laundering. Despite the fact that this development came to her victory, Lotto officials still withhold payment.
Last month, the woman undertook the trip to the headquarters of the lottery in Austin in the hope of collecting her profits, but she was sent away empty -handed.
“I went through frustration and became sad and tense, and now I’m just angry,” she recently told the Austin America-Statesman In the presence of her lawyer, Randy Howry. “I literally spent $ 20. I did not spend $ 26 million to manage every possible combination of numbers. ‘
