Hot Lotto Ticket Still Unclaimed

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By Lisa Kunkel

Story Created: Nov 4, 2011 at 6:23 AM CDT

Story Updated: Nov 4, 2011 at 2:21 PM CDT

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - The Iowa winner of a $16.5 million Hot Lotto jackpot still hasn't stepped forward.

Iowa Lottery officials say the winning ticket was bought at a QuikTrip convenience store Des Moines. The drawing was held Dec. 29, 2010.

The winner has until 4 p.m. on Dec. 29 to turn in the ticket at Iowa Lottery headquarters in Des Moines. Otherwise, the money will be forfeited. It would be the largest unclaimed prize in the state-run lottery's 26 years of operation.

Hot Lotto is played in the District of Columbia, Delaware, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Minnesota, Montana, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Vermont and West Virginia.

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