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Lottery excitement builds as Mega Millions reaches $111 millionReply
California allocates a percentage of the prize fund to each prize tier. If there are no winners in a particular tier (almost always the top prize) its OK/legal if the money in that prize pool is (how/who do you pay if you don't have any winners?) rolled over to the next draw. Almost no states are allowed to grab unclaimed prize money - it almost always must go over to the State. On any lotto game designed at the 50% prize level, the game will actually run at 47 - 48% payout due to unpaid prize
Aug 29, 2005, 2:12 pm - Drivedabizness - Lottery News

£2.6m Lottery win goes unclaimedNews Story
A 2.6 million National Lottery jackpot has gone unclaimed and is to be handed over to good causes.It's the third largest prize in the lottery's history to go unclaimed.Organisers Camelot had urged players to have a final search for the winning Lotto Extra ticket.It was bought in south-east Northumberland for the draw on Saturday May 10 and carried the numbers 2, 7, 17, 25, 38 and 44.In February this year a 2,928,214 Lotto jackpot ticket, also bought in the Northumberland area, remained unclaim
Nov 7, 2003, 4:34 am - Todd - Lottery News

Washington Lottery Hit 5 ticket worth $755,000 expires soonNews Story
Several other large unclaimed prizes, including one won on the Fourth of July By Kate Northrop A $755,000 Hit 5 prize will soon expire, unless someone steps forward to present the winning ticket to the Washington Lottery. The Washington Lottery put out a notice on Monday urging players to check their tickets. Among several large unclaimed prizes is one worth $755,000 that will expire in less than two weeks. As of today, there are 15 large prizes valued at $10,000 or more that rem
Jul 5, 2023, 2:44 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Ireland National Lottery to hold must-win draw for €19 million jackpotReply
In Ireland, the lottery operator can keep unclaimed prize money. Who was the stupid idiot that negotiated that contract? Unclaimed prize money should be used for the public good.
Jan 14, 2022, 5:54 am - dannyct - Lottery News

€11.3 million Germany Lottery jackpot goes unclaimedNews Story
After a three-year search, one of Germany's largest unclaimed prizes returns to the prize pool By Kate Northrop After three and a half years of waiting for the winner of a 11.3 million (US$13.9 million) Lotto 6aus49 jackpot to turn up, one of Germany's largest-ever unclaimed prizes is going back into the prize pool. The winner lost their chance at claiming once-in-a-lifetime riches once the clock struck midnight on New Year's Eve. Even with Germany's generous lottery ticket claim windo
Jan 4, 2021, 1:32 pm - Todd - Lottery News

One month left to claim $4M Illinois Lottery prizeNews Story
Illinois lottery officials are searching for a mystery millionaire who has just one month left to come forward. The winner of a $4 million prize sold at a Chicago gas station for the Feb. 23, 2018 Mega Millions drawing has just 30 days to claim their prize. If you think you bought a ticket for this drawing, you may want to check your pockets, behind the sofa or wherever you may have placed a winning lottery ticket, the Illinois Lottery said in a statement. The winning Mega Millions Me
Jan 25, 2019, 12:46 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Lawmakers going after unclaimed lottery moneyReply
Unclaimed lottery money should still go to the players. Aside from advertisement, knowing that there are unclaimed prizes that add to the current prize makes the player more eager to bet. I guess the bigger the prize is the more players want to put a wager on it.
Mar 5, 2013, 10:33 am - jamella724 - Lottery News

Washington Lottery prizes in search of ownersNews Story
Every year, $9 million in Washington Lottery winnings go unclaimed. Case in point: Someone bought a Mega Millions ticket earlier this month at a 7-Eleven on North 36th Street in Seattle's Fremont neighborhood but has yet to collect the $250,000 in prize money that goes with it. Right now there's about $400,000 in prize money that can still be claimed before the deadlines imposed by the state are reached. A winner has 180 days from the date of a drawing to collect winnings. A prize of $1
Aug 30, 2010, 8:09 am - Todd - Lottery News

Nick of time: N.Z. man claims lottery prize 1 day before expirationNews Story
Talk about cutting it close. A man in Auckland, New Zealand claimed his lottery prize of $391,581 just 24 hours before the ticket would have expired. He had kept the ticket in a drawer a year ago and forgotten about it. The first division winning ticket was sold 12 months ago in Ponsonby. As far as we're aware this is the first time a major prize has been claimed the day before its expiry date. If the winner had waited another day he would have unfortunately received nothing, Fox Ne
Apr 20, 2010, 10:11 am - Todd - Lottery News

Lottery, legislators tug at unclaimed jackpotsNews Story
A record-setting $50 million lottery ticket that went unclaimed looks likely to be more bad luck, this time for the Florida Lottery.The largest jackpot left on the table in Florida history is inspiring a flood of legislation requiring that such dollars go directly to education not back into future prizes or promotions as current law allows.The Florida Lottery warns such a move could backfire, reducing payouts and, in turn, the volume of ticket sales.Some state legislators, eager to pump money in
Dec 24, 2003, 6:51 am - Todd - Lottery News