Kentucky lottery ticket worth $25K per year for life unclaimed. See winning numbers
A Lucky For Life lottery ticket worth $25,000 per year for life was recently purchased at a Kentucky gas station, and the winner has yet to come forward to claim their prize.
The ticket was purchased from Five Star at 465 Denmark Drive in Danville, and the Lucky For Life drawing was held Thursday, Jan. 30.
The winning ticket matched the first five numbers drawn, but didn’t match the Lucky Ball, winning the game’s second-biggest prize, Kentucky Lottery officials said in a Friday press release. The prize has a 20-year minimum payout if the winner chooses the yearly payment option, or they can opt for a one-time $390,000 cash payment.
The Lucky For Life winning ticket from Thursday had the numbers 9, 13, 18, 23, 40 and the Lucky Ball was 4.
Officials said the winner should call the Kentucky Lottery at 1-877-789-4532 to make an appointment to claim their prize at the headquarters in Louisville.
Kentucky Lottery officials say winners should:
Sign the back of their tickets.
Keep them in a secure location.
Claim their prize within 180 days from the date of the drawing.
This wasn’t the only recent Lucky For Life win. In November, a Lexington resident won the same prize amount. He opted for the one-time lump sum, which came out to $280,804.32 after taxes, the Herald-Leader previously reported.
The Lucky For Life game is played in 22 states, as well as in Washington, D.C., the Kentucky Lottery reports, and drawings are held every night around 10:35 p.m. The game’s top prize is $1,000 per day for life.
A Lucky For Life ticket costs $2. Potential prize amounts range from a $4 sum to $1,000 per day for life. The odds of winning the $25,000 per year for life prize are 1 in 1,813,028, and the odds of taking the top prize are 1 in 30,821,472.
In fiscal year 2024, 70% of Kentucky Lottery proceeds went to winners, 20% went to the commonwealth for college scholarships and grant programs, 5% went to retailers and 5% went toward administrative costs, the organization reports.
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