Idaho Lottery winner proves money can’t buy memory: $1M ticket not claimed

IDAHO, USA — In what can only be described as the world’s most expensive game of hide-and-seek, someone in Star, Idaho, is apparently using a $1 million lottery ticket as the world’s most costly bookmark.

The Idaho Lottery issued an alert on Monday, desperately seeking the owner of ticket #063647 from December’s drawing. Officials are practically begging the mystery millionaire to emerge.

The winning ticket has until 5 p.m. Mountain Time today to be claimed; otherwise, it will officially become the most expensive piece of recycling in Idaho’s history. After that deadline, the unclaimed fortune will be donated to Idaho’s public schools and the permanent building fund, making this the first time in recorded history that procrastination actually helped education…

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