Countdown: Missouri $50 000 Prize Disappears Soon

The clock is ticking for someone in Missouri who won a huge cash prize, but has never stepped forward to claim it. They are now just days away from forfeiting a $50,000 prize.

Does this gas station/convenience store in Missouri look familiar to you?

This is West County Phillips 66 located at 14195 Clayton Road in Town and Country, Missouri. According to the Missouri Lottery's Unclaimed Prizes page, someone stopped by this location on March 26, 2025 and picked up a Powerball ticket that is now worth $50,000. The winning numbers that day were 5-20-29-39-53 with a Powerball number of 6. Due to the Missouri Lottery's six month time limit for claiming prizes, this big winner will expire on September 22, 2025.

What happens if no one claims this Missouri Lottery prize?

The Missouri Lottery says that if no one comes forward and says "Yay, I won!", the money goes into the state's education fund. That's nice because the local school systems can certainly use all the help they can get, but $50,000 is the kind of found money that could get someone's financial situation in a lot better place. At this point, you'd have to think that if someone knew they won, they would have claimed this prize already, but there's still that tiny chance that someone will see this, check their ticket and grab their prize before it's too late. Town and Country is one of the more affluent communities in Missouri so maybe $50,000 is just trivial to someone there. I know many who would love to have that kind of found cash.