A 1M winning Powerball ticket remains unclaimed and the deadline for cashing it is near

AUSTIN — A Powerball player who purchased a ticket back in October in Paris, Texas, is about to leave $1 million in prize money sitting in the table. The ticket buyer who matched the five numbers in the regular draw but missed the all-important red Powerball number has yet to claim the prize. The deadline to step forward is April 20. Otherwise, the state of Texas pockets the cash. The Texas Lottery Commission is publicizing the opportunity to claim the prize before it’s too late. But one of the companies that sells tickets online for such drawing-based games as Powerball,…