Connecticut lottery players' prize claim period cut in halfReply
Maybe I'm not getting something here, so let me think out loud for a moment ... This is unclaimed PRIZE money; money won by players who PAID FOR tickets, but then failed to claim the money THEY won; the STATE, who already TOOK ITS CUT, then cries, Dibs! and proclaims itself the DEFAULT WINNER of part of the PRIZE POOL. Hmmm ... A thought occurs: Shouldn't the unclaimed amount go BACK into the PRIZE POOL???
Aug 14, 2009, 9:52 pm - jim695 - Lottery News forum

Connecticut lottery players' prize claim period cut in halfReply
Chances are if a player doesn't know he's a winner in six months, he'll never know. Six months has been the claiming period in Ohio from the beginning and Ohio hasn't had any more unclaimed prizes than other states. The gains for Connecticut will be one time only unless they down the road decided to reduce it again to 90 days.
Aug 13, 2009, 2:19 pm - RJOh - Lottery News forum

Connecticut lottery players' prize claim period cut in halfNews Story
From now on, Connecticut Lottery winners will have six months less time to claim their prizes, in a change expected to reap $6.1 million in unclaimed prize money for the cash-starved state government during the first year. Effective Aug. 2, the Connecticut Lottery Corp. adopted a prize redemption period of 180 days, discarding the longtime claim period of 365 days. Last year, $604 million in Connecticut Lottery winnings were awarded and $13 million went unclaimed, roughly in line with the ...
Aug 13, 2009, 1:05 am - Todd - Lottery News forum

Woman checks old lottery ticket, wins $10 millionReply
YEAH MOST STATES HERE HAVE A PLAYER REGISTRATION CARD http://www.lotterywest.wa.gov.au/games/player-services-tools/708 is WA's for a one off fee of $10 they send you any unclaimed prize you may have won. as long as you registered the ticket at purchase time with the card on the database. oh and yeah abou the odds. thats for a ticket cost of about 65c a line in oz $ so about 50c US 2 lines for a buck
May 28, 2009, 11:38 am - savagegoose - Lottery News forum

$100,000 Virginia lottery prize expires todayReply
Thanks, Benmas! Great story. That's why I believe every state lottery should try to find the winner. IIRC I read a story on LP about a Connecticut ticket that expired and the state doesn't even post where the ticket was purchased after the drawing. We have a lot of unclaimed prizes in Florida.
Dec 14, 2008, 2:10 pm - justxploring - Lottery News forum

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