SF Lottery Ticket Turned in Just in Time
Wednesday, Sep 9, 2009 | Updated 12:15 PM PST
A woman in San Francisco found a winning Fantasy Five ticket worth $202,556 this week.
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Don't forget to check those lottery tickets people!
Someone turned in a winning ticket worth $202,556 this week, just two days before it was set to expire.
The winner said she found it while cleaning her house.
California State Lottery officials say the Fantasy Five ticket was purchased in San Francisco at a Chevron gas station at 1501 Van Ness Ave.
The woman doesn't want her name released.
She told lottery officials her immediate plan for the money was to put it in the bank.
Future winners are reminded to contact lottery officials as soon possible after the draw.
Winners have 180 days to claim their prizes.
Posted Wednesday, Sep 9, 2009 - 12:07 PM PST
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