Florida Unclaimed Property : $32 Million Dollars Claimed In January
The state of Florida has made it very easy to find out if you have money that may be waiting for you. And it’s working. Florida CFO Jimmy Patronis announced that $32 million dollars in Florida unclaimed property was returned just in January. $1.6 million dollars of that in the Fort Myers/Naples area alone. If you moved to Southwest Florida from another part of the state, you’ll wanna look up your old address, too. $9.2 million dollars was claimed from Miami addresses. $7.4 million from Tampa / St. Pete. But does this really work? I mentioned this to our sales manager and he said “absolutely.”
He did the Florida unclaimed property search and found that he had old insurance policies for his kids.
Each one of his kids had a couple thousand dollars waiting for them. The sales manager had $1,800. This money had been sitting there, waiting for him, for over 10 years. So, yeah, it’s a good thing he looked.
I moved to Estero from Dayton, Ohio 20 years ago. so I went to the Ohio version of the unclaimed property site. Turns out, I have money from a mortgage company from when I sold my house after I moved here. What I love most about these sites is that it gives you an estimate of how much money is waiting for you. In this case, the money waiting for me was listed as “less than $25”, so I’m probably not going to fill out all the forms for what could be just a few dollars. This isn’t instant, there’s a few steps involved. But what I did find, is that when I searched using only my last name, I found a family member who had about a thousand dollars waiting. So jump in there and help your relatives, too.
So then I searched my coworker. She didn’t have anything, but her uncle did. $210 from a pest control company. You want to make a coworkers day? Tell them they have money waiting.
It’s not instant, there’s some forms to fill out – so make sure you do this while you’re at work. Ha. (totally not kidding). Hey, it’s expensive down here in Florida. A few hundred dollars extra could really make your day. Enjoy your Florida Treasure Hunt – and Good Luck! FLTreasureHunt.gov
6 Florida Lottery Scratch Offs That You May Want To Avoid
WHOLE LOTTA $500's
If this game looks familiar, it’s because it came out back in September of 2022. All of the $500,000 grand prizes have been claimed. And there’s only 2 of the $10,000 prizes left.
$10 MONOPOLY DOUBLER
8 people have claimed the $2 million dollar prize on this one. And that’s all there is. Of the 204 $10,000 prizes, there’s only 8 of those remaining.
$2 MONOPOLY DOUBLER
The 2 dollar ticket of the same game. Same thing, too. All of the $100,000 grand prize tickets are gone. It is interesting to see that 15 of the $2,500 winners are still out there.
$2MM BONUS CASHWORD
I think people buy the crossword tickets because they take longer. With this one, however, all of the 2 million dollar grand prizes are gone. There’s still 2 of the 20 $100,000 winning tickets remaining.
$1,000 A WEEK FOR LIFE
This ticket has quite the draw. For just $2 it’s a chance to win $1,000 a week for life. Unfortunately, they’ve all been claimed. And all 8 of the winners took the cash option of $930,000. Nobody has patience. Ha.
$5,000,000 CASHWORD
This has been a popular game. So popular that most of the big prizes have been claimed. There are no 5 million dollar tickets left and only one 1 million dollar ticket remaining. All of the $100,000 winners are gone, too. It’s a $20 ticket that takes a long time to find out if you won something. Maybe pass on this one.
