£9.4 million lottery jackpot expires

Comment #4

LOTTOMIKE — Sat, 07 Jan 2006 02:47:32 GMT

some people never look at the ticket because they don't think they even have a chance......

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denisear5 — Wed, 04 Jan 2006 09:25:20 GMT

How can anyone not claim a UK Lottery Ticket worth over 9 million........ Maybe whoever it was checked the ticket....... and died of a heart attack.. (sad... but it does happen). What would you guys do if you won the jackpot

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goldrush — Wed, 04 Jan 2006 08:25:45 GMT

This demonstrates the benefits of player registration cards for players who would like them. I play the UK lottery, but I play by subscription, which means they will call me if I win a jackpot or large prize. Small prizes are mailed to me automatically.

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cats135 — Wed, 04 Jan 2006 02:05:53 GMT

The winner is probably someone who either brought the ticket and died (God forbid) orthrew it out in the trash. Unfortunately, I believe the former because anyone alive who broughta ticket for that drawing would have come foward by now (even if they lost the ticket).

£9.4 million lottery jackpot expires

Lottery Post — Tue, 03 Jan 2006 11:37:25 GMT

A 9.4 million (US$16.2 million) UK National Lottery jackpot is going to good causes after the mystery winner failed to come forward by the deadline.The 180-day limit for claiming the 9,476,995 Lotto prize expired at 5:30 last night.It is the largest amount to go unclaimed since the National Lottery started over 11 years ago.The ticket was bought in Doncaster, South Yorkshire, and Lottery organizers Camelot have made a concerted effort to alert people in the area about the missing winner.Now, t... [ More ]