Kansas Lottery Lists 60-Plus Unclaimed Prizes
The Kansas Lottery's unclaimed prizes list, as of Nov. 1, 2026, includes more than 60 draw game prizes that remain unclaimed.
Updated on Nov. 2, 2026 in Gambling
The Kansas Lottery listed more than 60 unclaimed draw game prizes as of Nov. 1, 2026, including six prizes worth at least $5,000. The list covers draw games such as Powerball, Mega Millions, Lotto America, Lucky for Life and the Holiday Millionaire Raffle.
Why it matters
Winners have 365 days from the drawing date to claim prizes, so unclaimed tickets represent money that will go unredeemed if owners do not come forward in time. The Kansas Lottery does not reveal the retailers that sold winning tickets until after prizes are claimed.
The list includes six prizes of at least $5,000, among them a $100,000 Holiday Millionaire Raffle prize in South Central Kansas and multiple $50,000 Powerball prizes. Whether any of these prizes will be claimed before their deadlines is not yet known.
The players
Kansas Lottery
The Kansas Lottery is the state agency that runs draw games, maintains the unclaimed prizes list and processes prize claims at its Topeka headquarters.
The details
Winners of prizes starting at $600 must complete a claim form, which is mailed in with the winning ticket or submitted at the lottery office, while prizes up to $5,000 can be paid the same day. For prizes over $5,000, the Kansas Lottery withholds a mandatory 24% federal tax and 5% state tax, and winners can pick up checks later or receive them by mail in about a week.
Timeline
Jan. 4, 2026: Holiday Millionaire Raffle prizes, including $5,000 and $100,000 prizes, were drawn and remain unclaimed.
Mar. 2, 2026: A $50,000 Powerball prize was drawn and remains unclaimed.
May 2, 2026: A $50,000 Powerball prize was drawn and remains unclaimed.
May 22, 2026: A $22,000 2 by 2 prize was drawn and remains unclaimed.
Sept. 28, 2026: A $50,000 Powerball prize was drawn and remains unclaimed.
Gambling Landscape
The Kansas Lottery's published unclaimed prizes list gives players a public record of which tickets remain outstanding. The list shows that unclaimed draw game prizes remain a recurring feature of the state's lottery operations.
Players who hold a Kansas draw game ticket can check whether their prize is on the unclaimed list before its deadline. Prizes up to $5,000 can be claimed the same day, while larger prizes are subject to mandatory federal and state tax withholding.
The takeaway
Ticket holders who have not checked their Kansas draw game tickets should verify whether any prize is listed as unclaimed, since the claim window is 365 days from the drawing date.
What happens next
Unclaimed prizes carry a 365-day claim window from each drawing date, so prizes drawn in earlier months face imminent deadlines.
Further reading
For more on how state lotteries handle prize claims, browse the Gambling section.
Source note: This article includes information reported by Wichita Eagle.
