$ 26 million Lottery winner has few hours to claim her money, but the ticket went to the washing machine

The woman went to the Norwalk gas station where she bought the now awarded ticket and said she had left it in her pocket when put it to wash. The California Lottery is investigating the case

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A woman who won a prize of $ 31 million dollars in SuperLotto Plus has until the last minute of this Thursday to claim your money. But the winning ticket, which he bought almost six months ago, ended up in the washing machine and is completely destroyed.

The Norwalk gas station attendant said Thursday morning that the security cameras showed the woman who bought the ticket, an acquaintance among the workers of the store, according to KTLA . The purchase took place on 14 November 2020 in the AMPM Arc of 10602 Imperial Highway.

The winner of the prize, who had until the end of this Thursday to claim it, recently went to the AM-PM store and said she had bought the ticket but that had put it in his pocket and then put it in the washing machine . That was how it was destroyed, according to the manager said and the aforementioned chain echoed.

The woman declined to speak to local media who had displaced to the place eager to know the identity of the winner, according to Frank said, as the store manager identified himself. He considers the woman to have a 40 years.

Frank also said they turned over a copy of the surveillance video to California Lottery authorities, but the authorities had recorded on the original version and you can no longer see the time of purchase.

A spokeswoman for the California Lottery, Catherine Johnston, told Whittier Daily News who were but it is not clear if the video can be recovered and if, in its case, it can serve as evidence so that a person who has destroyed a winning ticket can claim the money.

“All claims of this size, if not delivered, will be investigated,” Johnston told the aforementioned periodical group. icos.

The winning numbers of the draw of the 14 November were 23, 36, 12, 31, 13, with a mega number of 10 . State Lottery has been asking players to verify the tickets that they bought that day at the Arch of Merial Highway to verify.

If no one claims the prize, the one-time payment of $ 19, $ 7 million s and will go to California public schools , according to a California Lottery press release.

The California Lottery said Friday it generated sales of nearly $ 7, 000 million dollars in fiscal year 2018 – 19, and that since 1985 has contributed more than $ 37, 000 millions for state public education.