£5M U.K. National Lottery winner claims jackpot

Comment #11

myturn — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 06:09:31 GMT

In the UK, lottery players have the right to anonymity, according to The National Lottery Commission which is responsible for licensing and regulating the UK National Lottery.

Players have the right to maintain their anonymity unless they sign to request publicity. Camelot, (licensed operator of the UK National Lottery), is required to ensure that prizewinners details are kept secure within Camelot, and are only disclosed to authorised staff.

Comment #10

Todd — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 11:35:12 GMT

Most people seem to claim the jackpot very quickly in the U.K. I'm not sure why.

Comment #9

FiLUK — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 11:16:55 GMT

Me too im gonna spend about 20, if you won the 85,000,000 even in a 1% interest bank account you would get 95.23 interest ever hour.

Comment #8

HaveABall — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 07:16:44 GMT

I think Todd is correct, his reminder to search for the ticket article must have been just what the winner needed to search their pockets, or push to finalize things with their financial advisor.

Woo Hoo! Now that's a life changing, quickly quit-your-job, retirement-plus type of lottery ticket win, congratulations!!!

This is the scenareo I want my winning lottery ticket to provide for me this month

Comment #7

myturn — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 05:09:34 GMT

The UK lottery should have a players registration system, as we have here in NSW. It gives players to opportunity to register with the lottery and then use the card each time they play. If they forget to check their numbers or collect their prize, it is mailed to them. For large prize wins, the lottery will contact them with the good news.

Comment #6

myturn — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 04:55:40 GMT

I found this comment interesting....

Camelot said no more details about the winner will be released unless they agree to take part in publicity.

All US state lotteries should adopt such a policy

Comment #5

joshuakim — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 23:01:38 GMT

i bought euromilliions ticket for this friday. cant wait :D

Comment #4

ThatScaryChick — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 21:22:06 GMT

I agree. Congrats to the winner

Comment #3

time*treat — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 19:38:29 GMT

Camelot said no more details about the winner will be released unless they agree to take part in publicity.

That's the way it should be done everywhere.

Comment #2

RJOh — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 18:22:03 GMT

The missing winner had until February 25 next year to make their claim

I'm wondering why the rush to find him so soon after the drawing. I would think it's normal for a winner to take some time to consider his options and their likely consequences before coming forward.

Comment #1

Todd — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 16:13:02 GMT

That was quick. I wonder if they read the other story I posted this morning

£5M U.K. National Lottery winner claims jackpot

Lottery Post — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 16:11:32 GMT

The winner of a 5 million (US$8.2 million) National Lottery jackpot which had gone unclaimed for two weeks has come forward, operator Camelot said today.

Last week Camelot launched an appeal to find the lucky punter after the 4,908,817 top prize from Saturday August 29 was not claimed.

The ticket was bought in the Sheffield area.

We're delighted that the winner of this prize has now come forward and we hope that they will enjoy their win, a National Lottery spokeswoman said.

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