ORANGE COUNTY, Calif. (CNN) – What would you do with a $44 million lottery win?
Sitting around for weeks waiting to receive it probably isn’t high on your list.
That’s what one California man says has happened to him.
Jerry, whose last name wasn’t given, says he won the Powerball jackpot on Aug. 19 and hasn’t seen a single cent of it.
Lottery officials won’t comment on his specific case, but they said it’s common to take six to eight weeks – sometimes longer – to arrange payment.
That’s because winners go through a lengthy vetting process, which includes making sure they don’t owe back taxes or child support.
But for Jerry, it’s now been 10 weeks since he hit the jackpot.
“They won’t tell you, ‘By this date, you’ll get the funds.’ They won’t tell you that. They leave it open-ended, so you’re sitting, waiting daily, hoping when you’re going to get these funds,” Jerry told KABC.
For now, he’s still waiting for his life-changing payout.
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