Winning Powerball ticket worth $50K officially expired

A $50,000 lottery ticket officially expired at 5 p.m. Thursday. It was purchased at Fisherman’s One Stop on LA 22 in St. Amant.

The winning ticket had matched four of the five white ball numbers drawn, as well as the Powerball number.

People are wondering who the mysterious winner is, and why they left their ticket unclaimed.

“I would’ve liked to know who it was. It would’ve been even better if it was one of our local, regular customers,” an employee said.

The Louisiana Lottery office states, “Once prize money is expired it is deposited into an unclaimed prize fund which is then returned to players in the form of increased payouts on instant win games and player promotions.”