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<blockquote data-quote="moreluck" data-source="post: 264465" data-attributes="member: 1246"><p><strong><span style="font-size: 15px">bizjournals.com</span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></strong>Missing Powerball winner turns up to claim prize</p><p>Thursday November 8, 3:17 pm ET </p><p> </p><p></p><p>The mysterious winner of the $200,000 Powerball ticket has surfaced. </p><p>Timothy Padilla, a 37-year-old manager with <u>UPS in Farmington</u>, said he found the ticket from the Aug. 15 drawing in a "pile of papers." His wife, Marguerite, read a story about the missing ticket that was about to expire and immediately went through the stack of old tickets accumulated from his habit of buying tickets twice a week. </p><p>The winning ticket was set to expire Nov. 13. All prizes for Lotto-style games must be claimed within 90 calendar days of the draw date or the money is returned to the prize pool for future lottery games. </p><p>Padilla bought the winning ticket at the Giant store at 5501 E. Main St. in Farmington. The lottery retailer has sold 13 other winning tickets, ranging between $1,000 and $10,000. </p><p>Padilla said he intends to invest the windfall. His sister, Jessica, attends the University of New Mexico on a lottery scholarship. The lottery has raised $331 million for public education. </p><p>Marguerite Padilla wanted to head for Albuquerque and the state lottery headquarters immediately after finding the ticket last Friday. But Timothy insisted on keeping his date for elk hunting that weekend. </p><p>"We had just enough time to do both things," she said. </p><p><em>Published November 8, 2007 by New Mexico Business Weekly</em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="moreluck, post: 264465, member: 1246"] [B][SIZE=4]bizjournals.com [/SIZE][/B]Missing Powerball winner turns up to claim prize Thursday November 8, 3:17 pm ET The mysterious winner of the $200,000 Powerball ticket has surfaced. Timothy Padilla, a 37-year-old manager with [U]UPS in Farmington[/U], said he found the ticket from the Aug. 15 drawing in a "pile of papers." His wife, Marguerite, read a story about the missing ticket that was about to expire and immediately went through the stack of old tickets accumulated from his habit of buying tickets twice a week. The winning ticket was set to expire Nov. 13. All prizes for Lotto-style games must be claimed within 90 calendar days of the draw date or the money is returned to the prize pool for future lottery games. Padilla bought the winning ticket at the Giant store at 5501 E. Main St. in Farmington. The lottery retailer has sold 13 other winning tickets, ranging between $1,000 and $10,000. Padilla said he intends to invest the windfall. His sister, Jessica, attends the University of New Mexico on a lottery scholarship. The lottery has raised $331 million for public education. Marguerite Padilla wanted to head for Albuquerque and the state lottery headquarters immediately after finding the ticket last Friday. But Timothy insisted on keeping his date for elk hunting that weekend. "We had just enough time to do both things," she said. [I]Published November 8, 2007 by New Mexico Business Weekly[/I] [/QUOTE]
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