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$63 million California Lottery ticket expires soonNews Story
State no longer publishes surveillance video of ticket purchases to find winners A $63 million Super Lotto prize may become the largest unclaimed prize in California, but many prizes big and small go unclaimed every year, a spokesperson for the California Lottery Commission said Saturday. Roughly $25 million per year in winnings are not claimed, said Alex Traverso. So, it's quite a bit of money when you add it up, he said. The lottery winner in Southern California still has not clai
Dec 17, 2015, 9:15 am - Todd - Lottery News

EuroMillions lottery jackpot of $102 million goes unclaimedNews Story
In the United Kingdom, a mystery lottery player has lost out on a 64 million (US$102.5 million) fortune after the deadline to claim the prize expired and the money was handed to charity. The unlucky individual, who bought the winning EuroMillions ticket in Hertfordshire on June 8th, had until 11pm yesterday to collect the massive windfall. But despite a National Lottery publicity campaign, the would-be multi-millionaire missed the 180-day deadline making the 63,837,543.60 prize the biggest
Dec 7, 2012, 9:21 am - Todd - Lottery News

Indiana $1 million Powerball prize goes unclaimedNews Story
The champagne wishes and caviar dreams of the person in Indiana holding April's winning Powerball ticket will officially remain just those wishes and dreams, if not a nightmare after failing to claim their $1 million prize. Indiana's 180-day window for lottery winners to come forward came to a close Monday for the unlucky soul who purchased the lucky ticket in the April 10 drawing at the Circle K in Jeffersonville. It is rare, but not unheard of, that a prize of such magnitude goes unclai
Oct 11, 2013, 9:28 am - Todd - Lottery News

Just weeks left to claim $44 million Florida Lotto ticketReply
Straight from https://www.flalottery.com/faq What happens to prizes that are not claimed? Florida law requires that 80 percent of unclaimed prize funds from expired tickets be transferred directly to the Educational Enhancement Trust Fund. The remaining 20 percent is returned to the prize pool from which future prizes are awarded or used for special prize promotions. Should a POWERBALL or MEGA MILLIONS jackpot ticket not be claimed within the 180 days of the applicable draw date, t
Nov 25, 2023, 11:23 am - TheMeatman2005 - Lottery News

First lawsuit in state lottery-fixing scandal seeks millionsReply
It's not about saying could , it's about your apparent inability to understand what actually happened. The jackpot for the rigged drawing didn't go unclaimed. The reason Tipton rigged it was so that he could claim the a jackpot. He did claim it, but the lottery didn't pay it. Do you understand the difference between a valid prize not being claimed by the rightful winner and a prize not being paid because it wasn't really won? This case is going to have absolutely no effect on how unclaimed pr
Feb 6, 2016, 2:06 am - KY Floyd - Lottery News

254 million dollar ticketReply
Copied and pasted from the FAQs on the Powerball website: Except for the jackpot (and the BONUS prize whenever it is in effect), all unclaimed prizes are kept by the lottery jurisdiction that has the winner. About half of the lotteries are required to put the money back into a game. The other half is required by law to turn the money over to the state's general fund. The jackpot money and BONUS prize pool are treated differently. If these two prize pools are unclaimed, The money must be retur
Nov 17, 2011, 7:46 pm - VAHopeful - Lottery Discussion Forum

Canadian 6/49 giveaway
Seems like a real bonus round going off for the 6/49 game. A winner at 12 million so the prize moves to 18 million. A winner at 18 million so the prize goes to 20 million. A winner at 20 million so the prize goes to 22 million. The whole concept of bonus rounds is missing in the US. Here any unclaimed prize is just more money to the state not the players who made those prizes possible. Might be another round in June when or if $15 million goes unclaimed in the 6/49 game.
Mar 22, 2007, 12:25 am - dvdiva - Jackpot Games Forum

unclaimed Canadian Lottery ticketsReply
No there isn't a list of unclaimed prizes. All lotteries after one year of the draw date put any unclaimed prize money into an unclaimed prize fund . This fund is then returned to the players through bonus draws and bonus jackpots in the case of Lotto 649 and Super 7. This past month there has been four large bonus jackpots for Super 7. For example, even though the $27 milllion was won last week; the jackpot is at $30 million for this Friday-- thanks to the money in the unclaimed prize fu
Dec 21, 2006, 7:08 am - Wintariofan - Lottery Discussion Forum

Last hours for unclaimed $50 million Florida Lotto ticketNews Story
A $50 million FLorida Lotto jackpot winner either isn't aware of his fortune or was waiting almost literally to the last minute to claim the prize. If the single winning ticket holder of the March 12 jackpot doesn't claim the prize by 12:01 a.m. Tuesday, the money goes back to the Lottery. That would be a bummer, said Lottery spokeswoman Sheila Griffin.The ticket was sold in Miami-Dade County at Kohl's Food Market in North Bay Village. I think somebody lost that ticket, no doubt about it, said
Sep 9, 2003, 3:58 am - Todd - Lottery News

Costa Rica court rejects washed lottery ticketReply
All I said was a good faith attempt to verify the claim was needed by the lottery and court. Having one claiment and one unclaimed prize goes a long way toward putting that attempt together. Like you, I would like more details to base a judgement on. If the guy produced a year's worth of past tickets playing the same combination, that would help. Though maybe he forgot to play that week and washed some old ticket into an illegible lump to make a false claim, but he would also have to count
Oct 21, 2008, 3:41 pm - BobP - Lottery News