The person who bought the $ 1.5 billion Mega Millions lottery ticket 22 days ago still has not claimed the prize.
There is a 180-day period to cash the ticket in South Carolina, which falls on April 21, 2019.
Mega Millions announced the winning ticket on October 24th. It was bought early October in a KC Mart of South Carolina.
If they do not win the biggest prize ever won by Mega Millions, they can be reinvested in the jackpot of the game.
The chances of winning the prize were 1 out of 303 million.
The owner of the $ 1.5 billion Mega Millions lottery ticket has still not been announced 22 days after his victory, and the time limit for claiming is met.
Seth Elkin, Maryland Lottery and Gaming spokesman said on Tuesday that the person who bought the ticket a Simpsonville KC Mart, South Carolina, remains a mystery because they have not "heard that the winner of South Carolina has come forward," ABC News reported.
The winner has 180 days to recover his prize, which sets the deadline to April 21, 2019, in accordance with the rules of Mega Millions.
Mega Millions Frenzy During Drawings October 2018
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Customers buy Mega Millions tickets just hours before the $ 1 billion jackpot draw at Bluebird Liquor in Torrance, California on October 19, 2018. (Photo by Mark RALSTON / AFP) (Mark RALSTON / AFP / Getty Images )
An advertisement from the Illinois Lottery, featuring the Mega Millions, is visible on the northwest side along the I-90 Kennedy Highway in Chicago, Illinois, the United States. October 20, 2018. The jackpot is now $ 1.6 billion, a record for Mega Millions. Currently, the jackpot is tied with the biggest jackpot in US history. (Photo by Patrick Gorski / NurPhoto via Getty Images)
Dan Higgins in front of a 7-Eleven in the Brighton district of Boston, where he bought a Mega Millions ticket on Sunday, Oct. 21, 2018. If he wins, Higgins says he'll be taking care of Education of his children and will probably buy a big house on the ocean. (AP Photo / Alanna Durkin Richer)
BOCA RATON – OCTOBER 19: The mood as the Mega Millions lottery hits a billion on October 19, 2018 in Boca Raton, Florida / Credit: mpi04 / MediaPunch / IPX
Annette Gray, left of Valley Stream, NY, buys lottery tickets on Friday, October 19, 2018 in New York City. The estimated jackpot for Friday's Mega Millions draw was $ 1 billion. Gray said that it was "a dollar and a dream, but I spent ten today." (Photo AP / Bebeto Matthews)
Russell Robinson buys 50 Mega Millions lottery tickets at the Kwik Stop Food Store located at 46th Avenue and Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, Florida on Friday, October 19, 2018. (Michael Laughlin / Sun-Sentinel in South Florida via AP)
People line up at the Kwik Stop food store on 46th Avenue and Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, Florida to purchase Mega Million lottery tickets on Friday, October 19, 2018. (Michael Laughlin / Sun-Sentinel in Florida South via AP)
Mega Millions lottery tickets are printed on a lottery machine at a convenience store on Wednesday, October 17, 2018 in Chicago. The estimated jackpot draw on Friday would be the second-largest lottery lot in US history, with a jackpot estimated at more than $ 900 million. (AP Photo / Nam Y. Huh)
Mega Millions Betting Cards are presented at Corner Market on Wednesday, October 17, 2018, in Lyndhurst, Ohio. The estimated jackpot draw on Friday would be the second-largest lottery lot in US history, with a jackpot estimated at more than $ 900 million. (AP Photo / Tony Dejak)
Mega Millions lottery tickets are printed on a lottery machine at a convenience store on Wednesday, October 17, 2018 in Chicago. The estimated jackpot draw on Friday would be the second-largest lottery lot in US history, with a jackpot estimated at more than $ 900 million. (AP Photo / Nam Y. Huh)
NEW YORK, UNITED STATES – OCTOBER 19: A Mega Millions lottery ticket is seen as the prize reached $ 1 billion before the draw in New York, United States on October 19, 2018. (Photo by Atilgan Ozdil / Anadolu Agency / Getty Images)
NEW YORK, USA – OCTOBER 19: A woman buys a Mega Millions lottery ticket as the Mega Millions lottery prize reached $ 1 billion before the draw in New York, United States, on October 19, 2018. (Photo by Atilgan Ozdil / Anadolu Agency / Getty Images)
An advertisement from the Illinois Lottery, featuring the Mega Millions, is visible on the northwest side along the I-90 Kennedy Highway in Chicago, Illinois, the United States. October 20, 2018. The jackpot is now $ 1.6 billion, a record for Mega Millions. Currently, the jackpot is tied with the biggest jackpot in US history. (Photo by Patrick Gorski / NurPhoto via Getty Images)
NEW YORK, UNITED STATES – OCTOBER 18: A sign indicates that the Mega Millions lottery prize is estimated at $ 1 billion before the draw in New York, United States, on October 18, 2018. ( Photo of Atilgan Ozdil / Anadolu Agency / Getty Images)
NEW YORK, UNITED STATES – OCTOBER 19: People are waiting to buy a Mega Millions lottery ticket as the Mega Millions lottery prize reaches $ 1 billion before the draw in New York, USA , October 19, 2018. (Photo by Atilgan Ozdil / Anadolu Agency / Getty Images)
A woman shows her Mega Millions tickets a few hours before the $ 1 jackpot draw at the Bluebird Liquor store in Torrance, California on October 19, 2018. (Photo by Mark RALSTON / AFP) (The photo credit should be MARK RALSTON / AFP / Getty Images)
Customers buy Mega Millions tickets just hours before the $ 1 billion jackpot draw at Bluebird Liquor in Torrance, California on October 19, 2018. (Photo by Mark RALSTON / AFP) (Mark RALSTON / AFP / Getty Images )
A man looks for his Mega Millions tickets a few hours before the $ 1 jackpot draw at the Bluebird Liquor store in Torrance, California on October 19, 2018. (Photo by Mark RALSTON / AFP) (Photo credit should be MARK RALSTON / AFP / Getty Images)
People line up in the hallway of an office building located in downtown New York to buy tickets for Mega Millions on October 19, 2018, while the jackpot hit a record $ 1 billion. (Photo by TIMOTHY A. CLARY / AFP) (The photo credit should read: TIMOTHY A. CLARY / AFP / Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NY – OCTOBER 19: Carlos Davila presents his Mega Millions lottery tickets at a Brooklyn store on October 19, 2018 in the Brooklyn district of New York. The jackpot for tonight's draw climbed to $ 1 billion, making it the biggest jackpot in the game's history and the first to surpass the billion-dollar mark. (Photo by Spencer Platt / Getty Images)
People line up in the hallway of an office building located in downtown New York to buy tickets for Mega Millions on October 19, 2018, while the jackpot hit a record $ 1 billion. (Photo by TIMOTHY A. CLARY / AFP) (The photo credit should read: TIMOTHY A. CLARY / AFP / Getty Images)
REFILE – TYPICAL CORRECTION Mega Millions Tickets are seen in a newsstand after the jackpot draw of Tuesday reached $ 650 million in New York, New York, USA, on October 16, 2018. REUTERS / Mike Segar
An impromptu "Billion Dollar" sign is on display as customers queue to purchase Mega Millions tickets at the newsstand in downtown Manhattan, New York, United States, October 19, 2018. REUTERS / Mike Sugar
A customer purchases a ticket for the Mega Millions lottery draw in New York, United States, on October 19, 2018. REUTERS / Brendan McDermid
A lottery ticket for the current record $ 667 million Mega Millions jackpot is featured in this photo opportunity in Encinitas, California, United States, October 16, 2018. REUTERS / Mike Blake
A ticket is seen before the draw for the Mega Millions lottery, which reached a $ 415 million jackpot in Manhattan, New York, USA, on July 1, 2016. REUTERS / Andrew Kelly
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They had winning numbers 5, 28, 62, 65, 70 and 5.
If the winner of October does not claim the money, he will return to the prize pool of the game or will be awarded to Mega Millions funded South Carolina development programs and projects.
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Tony Cooper, director of operations at the South Carolina Education Lottery, said the winner should sign the back of the lottery ticket, keep it safe, and get his hands on a reliable financial advisor, ABC News said.
The lucky winner can choose between receiving the award in the form of a lump sum of $ 878 million or receiving a payment of $ 1.537 billion over 29 years.
The proceeds from Mega Millions ticket sales go to funding higher education, programs for the elderly and environmental protection programs.
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