Deadline looming for unclaimed $15M lottery jackpot

Comment #16

Lucky7s — Sat, 09 Jun 2007 17:13:00 GMT

that 14.9 is the other half to my winning ticket. anybody hink i got a chance of getting the unclaimed portion

Comment #15

Yukio — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 16:17:46 GMT

My $0.60 bonus for the Australian Lottery expired on 07/06/2007.

This is 07 June 2007.

I got a $5 bonus in a site that sell tickets for Australian games. There is a promotion to play Power Ball for FREE if you are a new customer. It is possible to hit millions on Lotto or Power Ball!

This was posted in a Canadian Forum about Lottery, to bad that most Forums feature a anti-spam politic. At least , some Internet Forums are very easy to register and activate

Comment #14

Elizabeth03 — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 14:53:41 GMT

I'm from Nova Scotia. I wouldn't wait long before claiming a prize if I won.

Comment #13

Lucky7s — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 03:02:54 GMT

what do you mean

Comment #12

JackpotWanna — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 02:47:24 GMT

That would be a good case. What about death before claiming the ticket and another family member found it after the ticket expired

Comment #11

Yukio — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 02:21:11 GMT

This could be another lottery history floating around ...

Comment #10

Lucky7s — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 00:58:14 GMT

Great forum, I chose this topic to respond to first, faced with the same situation. Where would someone find out about the laws of unclaimed lotto 6/49 prizes in Canada? Or if someone could let me know where to find a discussion about that tpe of info that would be great.

Comment #9

justxploring — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 01:29:26 GMT

with tntea. Rules are rules.

However, I wonder if there could be an exception made if someone bought their ticket and fell into a coma and woke up 2 weeks after the ticket expired

Comment #8

tntea — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 00:32:25 GMT

They should stick with the rules... He / She had plenty of time to claim...

You snooze your loose.

Comment #7

JimmySand9 — Sun, 03 Jun 2007 06:48:17 GMT

Yet another way Canadian lotteries are better than American ones. When a jackpot goes unclaimed in the Great White North, it goes back as prizes, and back to the players who funded said jackpot. Here in the US, it just goes to whatever fund the lottery typically funds, and the players don't get it back.

As for the unclaimed ticket, tough Timbits. No sympathy for him or her, it's not that hard to hold on to a lottery ticket.

Comment #6

Cr4zyH0rs3 — Sat, 02 Jun 2007 05:01:06 GMT

Lucky for me I only play one number all the time and it dosen't prevail except one time the Power Ball no# was 13 LoL!

note I still play that still to this day.

Comment #5

bambini — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 02:19:49 GMT

Their was a winner in NY state who tried to claim a jackpot after the ticket expired. He sued and lost, and is now appealing. I can't remember his name though.

Comment #4

dvdiva — Thu, 31 May 2007 18:31:27 GMT

I'm hoping they don't claim it. I thought the bonus round is happening now since the prize has been getting bigger for the 6/49 game.

To bad US lotteries don't have the same attitude towards giving unclaimed prizes back to the players.

One thing I hope they do is announce when the bonus will occur unless it's the typical bonus round like what's going on now.

Comment #3

JackpotWanna — Thu, 31 May 2007 17:36:50 GMT

Yes, I agree with you. It would be best if they don't find out. I would have gone crazy after the fact. Very sad, indeed. One small piece of paper could have changed your life.

They still have till June 7 to claim the prize. Let's hope they find the lost ticket.

Comment #2

justxploring — Wed, 30 May 2007 14:17:17 GMT

We hear stories like this all the time, but this is a huge amount. I believe a $19M ticket wasn't claimed in NJ recently and I've read articles about a $20+ million prize in FL going unclaimed.

As discussed on other threads, when millions of people buy tickets, events happen as they would in any place with a high population. If you think of the lottery pool as a city or country with millions of people, you can just look in any newspaper and read about the accidents, deaths and all the othe... [ More ]

Comment #1

JackpotWanna — Wed, 30 May 2007 01:07:33 GMT

Ouch!!! Sad sorry...... :-(

15 million

Deadline looming for unclaimed $15M lottery jackpot

Lottery Post — Tue, 29 May 2007 10:59:10 GMT

All the major prizes that have gone unclaimed in Alberta since the inception of Lotto 6/49 combined don't add up to the amount the latest unclaimed jackpot is worth, Western Canada Lottery Corporation officials said Monday.

The lucky, but unwitting owner of a ticket worth $14.9 million is about to let Lady Luck slip out of reach, with time to claim the prize running out next week, said WCLC spokesman John Matheson.

That ticket will expire on June 7 and as of now, no one has come forward... [ More ]