2 unclaimed winning Michigan Lottery tickets set to expire soon
A Powerball prize worth $250,000 and a Lucky For Life prize worth $25,000 a year for life are both set to expire this month.
The Powerball ticket matched four white balls and the Powerball drawn March 11 last year — 1, 3, 7, 16, 66 and Powerball 5.
It won a $50,000 prize that was multiplied to $250,000 because the ticket had the Power Play option.
The ticket was sold at the Kroger store located at 4099 Telegraph Road in Bloomfield Hills.
The Powerball ticket must be claimed by 4:45 pm. March 11.
The unclaimed winning Lucky For Life ticket matched the five white balls — 18, 25, 34, 39 and 48 — drawn March 26 of last year. It must be claimed by 4:45 p.m. March 26.
The ticket was purchased at Merriman Drugs located at 31320 5 Mile Road in Livonia.
If either prize is not claimed before they expire, the money will go to the Michigan School Aid Fund.
This article originally appeared on Detroit Free Press: 2 unclaimed winning Michigan Lottery tickets set to expire soon
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