Man finds winning $9 million lottery ticket
It pays to do your taxes, especially if there’s a winning lottery ticket hiding out in your financial records.
The lottery winner (not pictured) was probably this happy.
Some lucky fellow in Chicago found a ticket worth $9 million while figuring out Uncle Sam’s cut of his 2010 income.
According to WBBM radio, Irving Przyborski found the ticket just in time, it was set to expire the same day he realized it was a winner.
If Przyborski had not claimed his winnings by midnight Thursday, the money would have gone into the state’s Common School Fund, according to WBBM. Amazingly, about $2 million in unclaimed winnings a month go into that fund, most from much smaller prizes than Przyborski’s.
I’ll be putting at least $1 on the line Friday — a desperate attempt to claim the $312 Mega Millions prize. If I win, I promise to show up at the Georgia Lottery office in record time.
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20 comments Add your comment
Comic Book Store Guy
March 25th, 2011
8:12 pm
Toby,
Worst. Comment. Ever.
J-Rad
March 25th, 2011
8:21 pm
Good for, the losers will now houng him
J-Rad
March 25th, 2011
8:22 pm
Good for him, I wouldn’t give except to church, relatives that wouldn’t beg for it and a few good friends.
wYLd hAiR
March 25th, 2011
8:43 pm
While we’re giving lottery advice, you don’t ever need to buy more than 1 ticket. You cannot buy enough tickets to significantly change your odds of winning… unless you already have $150,000 or more to spend buying tickets!
W2
March 25th, 2011
9:37 pm
M=1,000
MM=1,000,000
rosesrpink2
March 26th, 2011
12:35 am
Must be nice.
Chris
March 28th, 2011
3:10 pm
I heard an interview with this dude today on the Free Beer and Hot Wings radio show. He actually wasn’t excited at all he said and he still hasn’t bought anything yet…
Cscs
April 6th, 2011
2:18 pm
J-Rad, what is houng? Can’t spell, and doesn’t know how to use spellcheck.
Pam
April 6th, 2011
4:12 pm
I picked up a $10 lottery ticket that somebody had bought and scratched and left on the kiosk where you fill out lottery forms and saw that they had not scratched one of the areas. It was a symbol to “win all”. That $10 was worth $100. So I’ve started my little version of dumpster diving. Picking up scratched tickets that people have thrown away. Amazing how many people don’t realize they’ve won something.
Ticktock
April 6th, 2011
4:23 pm
@Miles; thank you, my sentiments exactly!