If you play the lottery, do you check your tickets right away? I feel like most of us do. I mean, I want to know—right now—if I won or if I wasted my money again. So, I find it interesting that there are currently 10 relatively large payout tickets that haven't been redeemed, according to a recent social media post from the Montana Lottery office.

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Big prizes left on the table.

I'm not talking about $100 or $500 scratchers. No, no, my fellow gamblers, all of these unclaimed winning tickets have payouts with at least four digits.

Montana Lottery winners have six months to redeem their winning tickets, and for whatever reason, these tickets have not yet been claimed.

  • $150,007 Powerball Prize - Sold at Maverik #767 in Belgrade EXP 3/4/26
  • $150,000 Powerball Prize - Sold at Town Pump of Missoula #9 EXP 4/5/26
  • $50,008 Powerball Prize - Sold at Rosauers #37 in Kalispell EXP 3/11/26
  • $38,160 Big Sky Bonus Prize - Sold at Bob's Supermarket in Townsend EXP 2/12
  • $25,788 Big Sky Bonus Prize - Sold at Flying J #7 in Missoula EXP 3/8/26
  • $25,757 Big Sky Bonus Prize - Sold at Reynolds Market in Sidney EXP 5/8/26
  • $18,075 Shake A Day Prize - Sold at Kisk Ass Bar & Grill in Flaxville EXP 1/22/26
  • $12,000 Turkey Gravy Prize - Sold at Lucky Lil's in Kalispell EXP 4/30/26
  • $9,952 Big Sky Bonus Prize - Sold at Winners Corner in Missoula EXP 2/18/26
  • $5,000 Lucky for Life Prize - Sold at Town Pump of Sidney #3 EXP 3/26/26

We could speculate all day about why these tickets haven't been claimed. Perhaps the winners lost their ticket, or maybe it got tossed in a drawer somewhere and forgotten. Maybe it was accidentally washed in the laundry, or flew out their car window? Who knows?

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Find more details on Montana Lottery unclaimed tickets HERE.

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