What will you do if in his shoes?

A California lottery winner has missed out on his $1m prize because he lost his lucky ticket, lottery officials say.

The unidentified man came away empty handed after going to claim his $1,098,674 Powerball winnings on Thursday.

Officials believe he is the man shown on surveillance footage buying the ticket from a supermarket in a Los Angeles suburb.

But under Powerball rules they cannot pay out on a prize unless the ticket is presented.

They had been looking for the mystery man since 13 September last year when his numbers came up.

He stepped forward when an employee at the Rosemead supermarket recognised him and told him of his prize.

Winners have 180 days to claim their money.

The cheque is being donated to California public schools instead.

His ticket matched the numbers 37, 6, 1, 53 and 16, missing only the Powerball number 27 to scoop the big prize.

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/unlucky-lottery-winner-loses-his-dollar1m-prize/ar-AA9JG83

@ bold part village people at work.

So they now do people from village in USA too?

The man shown on camera buying the ticket

VickJames:
So they now do people from village in USA too?

I swear

who do this man wicked o.

Bad market, I reject such calamity

Why bother going out to buy a lottery ticket if you know you're not going to check if you won anything after the draw!? This kind of misfortune is self-inflicted and can't happen to me!

IGBOSON1:
Why bother going out to buy a lottery ticket if you know you're not going to check if you won anything after the draw!? This kind of misfortune is self-inflicted and can't happen to me!

Igbo Kwenu, correct guy.

clevvermind:
who do this man wicked o.

Village problem man