
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: WEDNESDAY, March 13, 1991                   TAG: 9103130260
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: B3   EDITION: STATE 
SOURCE: 
DATELINE: NEWPORT NEWS                                LENGTH: Short

UNCLAIMED LOTTO PRIZES LOSING DAILY INTEREST

The person holding an $11.7 million Lotto ticket is losing $95 in interest for each day he or she doesn't come forward, a Virginia Lottery spokeswoman said.

Cherie Phaup said officials are still awaiting a call from the person who bought the winning ticket three weeks ago at a Hampton 7-Eleven.

"This is the longest we've gone without hearing from somebody," she said.

The person who bought last Saturday's $14.9 million Lotto ticket at a Denbigh 7-Eleven also had not contacted the lottery office Tuesday, Phaup said.

If the prize is not claimed within 180 days, the money goes into the state's school construction fund.

- Associated Press

by CNB