LANSING, Mich. – A $1 million winning Powerball ticket expired Thursday so the prize went to the state School Aid Fund.
The ticket, purchased at a Marathon gas station in Ionia, expired at 4:45 p.m. Powerball tickets are valid for one year from the date of the drawing.
It was the second major Michigan Lottery prize to go unclaimed this year. In July, a $519,456 Fast Cash Jackpot Slots jackpot went unclaimed.
The record for an unclaimed Lottery prize in Michigan is $34 million. It was set in 1998, when a winning Michigan Lotto game ticket, purchased at an East Lansing Meijer, went unclaimed.