to me it's really not about how long before it expires
it's what happens in the prize money -- that should of been rewarded to the players
take for instance Powerball , if someone was to win the jackpot and not claim it by the time expires date
the money would go back to each individual state and the players would get nothing. So, you could've played many tickets and help grow that very same jackpot
only four to end up in the states coffers
the state already get over 50% in most games, and then there's the prize money
to take what was rightfully the prize money to be given to the player base
and give it back to the state isn't right,they are giving us the players. The middle finger
take for instance, recent history where a $1 million Powerball prize expired
originally, that money came from people on Powerball
that money doesn't go back into the prize pool
my idea to fix this is frankly to take all legal unclaimed prizes . A gigantic raffle to all loser tickets and randomly picked one of them to receive the prize money
this way , if some idiot does not claim it in time, someone else who pays attention will get
just like if a Powerball jackpot goes unclaimed I would want the money re-entered into the current jackpot amount
this way the players who contributed to jackpot prize pool sure has a chance of winning and not the states, winning their own lottery
this is mostly just a matter of respect. They do not respect their player base for
if they did, they would rightfully make sure the player base gets what was rightfully ours to begin with. The Prize pool we funded
this is in fact bitting the hand that feeds you. They do it because they can get away with it
they're great that's what comes to
they are 100% greedy ,CEOs and top officials get a bonus amount depending on how much they earn for the state that year
so of course they are in fact encourage to take as much away from the player base as possible. If they can get away with it
so don't claim in time
the money goes to the states and not the players. Just how is
however this is what happens when you have a monopoly of the state government
if any state had real competition
that would know to treat the players with respect the states would be forced to follow suit
however long as they can have a monopoly on gambling
unless you end monopolys on the lottery you really won't change the standards of current lotteries policies
however I keep playing happily
just hoping to God players who actually do win money won't give it to state because they're too stupid to checkto see if they are in fact a winner or loser
what can you do the stupid people play it
however you have to remember though that we want as many people to play as possible
because at the end of the day they fund our jackpots and prizes
the people who actually know they won something and have the brains to claim
so that's the life of being a lottery player your pairs are not the brightest people on earth