Two Million-Dollar Virginia Lottery Tickets About To Expire

Two lottery ticket buyers, both of whom stand to win $1 million, are out there somewhere and the Virginia Lottery is eager to hand over the prize money — but can't find the winners.

It’s been more than five months since three $1 million winning tickets were drawn in Virginia’s New Year’s Millionaire Raffle. Since then, only one of those million-dollar tickets have been claimed. The Virginia Lottery is waiting for the other two winners to come forward before a deadline at the end of the month, which turns the winnings over to the state, according to a news release from lottery officials.

By law, winning tickets in Virginia expire 180 days after the drawing. So both of the unclaimed tickets will become worthless at 5 p.m. on Friday, June 30, if the winners don't claim them. Ticket #111002 was bought at 7-Eleven, 4601 West Broad St. in Richmond; ticket #283611 was bought at Speedway, 3732 Campbell Ave. in Lynchburg.

The people who have the tickets can contact the Virginia Lottery at 804-692-7777 or 703-494-1501.

All Virginia Lottery unclaimed prize money goes to the state's Literary Fund, which is used solely for educational purposes, such as upgrading technology in schools and teacher retirement funding. Since its inception in 1988, the Lottery has transferred more than $262 million in unclaimed prizes to Virginia’s Literary Fund.