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Michigan Lottery reports over $26 million unclaimed winnings

"More than $26 million worth of winning tickets were never redeemed in the fiscal year that ended in September. Another $2 million was lost in October. And since the lottery began 35 years ago, an eye-popping $512 million has gone unclaimed.

"Today, the one-year clock is ticking on a number of sizable winning tickets, most bought in Metro Detroit.

"...There's a Jan. 3 deadline for the holder of a winning $100,000 Millionaire Raffle ticket (number 333774) to come forward. It was bought last January at Luke's Gift & Sweet Shoppe in Troy's Oakland Mall.

"...The one Lottery officials still shake their heads at involved a $34 million winning ticket sold at a Meijer store in East Lansing in 1997. The winner never showed. In fact, there have been 13 winning tickets worth at least $1 million that were never cashed before the one-year deadline.

"...The upside is that all of the unclaimed prize money is placed into the state School Aid Fund, which goes toward K-12 education..."

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