Can you claim a lottery prize after the deadline? Man waits 19 years to collect $5.8 million

Clarence Jackson, right, talks about his loss with a politician at the Connecticut Capitol building.

A Connecticut lottery winner has spent the last 19 years trying to claim his $5.8 million jackpot prize.

The persistant Hamden man believes he is entitled to the sum even though lottery officials told him that the ticket, bought in Oct 13, 1995, was now worthless.

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