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$197,766 Michigan Fantasy 5 Prize Expires Unclaimed in Covert
A winning Fantasy 5 ticket sold at a Covert retailer expired at 4:45 p.m. Sept. 25, 2026, and the $197,766 prize was transferred to Michigan’s School Aid Fund.
A $197,766 Michigan Fantasy 5 prize has gone unclaimed after the winning ticket expired in Covert, with the money transferred to the state School Aid Fund, the Michigan Lottery said.
The ticket expired at 4:45 p.m. on Sept. 25, 2026. No claim was made by that deadline, so the prize was no longer available to the holder of the winning ticket.
The ticket was sold at Max William LLC, located at 31884 M 140 in Covert, Michigan. Covert is approximately seven miles south of South Haven, placing the ticket’s point of sale in southwestern Michigan.
The ticket matched all five numbers in the Fantasy 5 drawing held on Sept. 26, 2025. The numbers were 09, 12, 13, 19 and 35. Readers seeking current draw information can consult the latest Michigan Fantasy 5 results.
Michigan Fantasy 5 tickets are valid for one year from the drawing date. That one-year period placed the ordinary anniversary of this ticket’s drawing on Sept. 26, 2026.
The anniversary date fell on a Saturday. As a result, the claim deadline was set for 4:45 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 25, 2026, the date on which the ticket ultimately expired.
Before the deadline arrived, the prospective winner had been directed to contact the Michigan Lottery Player Relations division. The instructions also called for the prize to be claimed at the Michigan Lottery headquarters in Lansing.
Those steps did not result in a claim before the expiration time. The ticket therefore remained unclaimed when the 4:45 p.m. deadline passed on Sept. 25.
The entire $197,766 prize was transferred to Michigan’s School Aid Fund after the ticket expired. The transfer ended the claim period for the Fantasy 5 ticket and directed the unclaimed prize to the state fund.
The ticket’s sale location, matching numbers and expiration time had been identified before the deadline. Even with those details available, no ticket holder completed the claim before the expiration date.
The unclaimed prize was tied to a drawing held nearly one year before the deadline. Its path—from the Sept. 26, 2025, Fantasy 5 drawing to the Sept. 25, 2026, expiration—was governed by the one-year validity period for Michigan Fantasy 5 tickets.