EuroMillions lottery jackpot of $102 million goes unclaimed

Comment #26

Ronnie316 — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 14:10:38 GMT

I have a room in my house for losing tickets too.............

Comment #25

Ronnie316 — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 13:36:16 GMT

call the Governor...........

Comment #24

Ronnie316 — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 13:34:46 GMT

Perhaps an untimely death............

Comment #23

Ronnie316 — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 13:33:41 GMT

Sounds like they wanted it to go unclaimed because the charities deserve the money MUCH more than the winner no matter who it may be.........

Comment #22

Ronnie316 — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 13:30:07 GMT

It takes one to know one...................

Comment #21

Newb — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 13:11:45 GMT

A person that plays knowing there's 64 million up for grabs isn't going to forget about their ticket that easily.

Comment #20

larry3100 — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 00:30:49 GMT

Camelot didn't give enough time to the winner to find that lottery ticket.Those BLOODY BLOKES

Comment #19

HaveABall — Sun, 09 Dec 2012 12:01:25 GMT

A sad situation that Camelot wouldn't reveal where ticket was purchased and repeat each month after draw date.

Also, a sad situation of where these unclaimed jackpot monies went.

Comment #18

joshuacloak — Sat, 08 Dec 2012 11:22:19 GMT

i be preaching to the choir here

but this is a lesson always keep your tickets in a safe place

i have 1 room/area there always put i

i also save mine for taxes credit thro, as if they tax u on big 1000+ wins, may as will get some writeoff's for that year losers as your allowed to do on taxed winnings - loss's of that same year

also i glady forever call anyone a moron idiot for not checking jackpot ticket Factorem

if u lost 100m in cash in suitcase, i call them a moron t... [ More ]

Comment #17

OldSchoolPa — Sat, 08 Dec 2012 10:14:13 GMT

I was a armed forces serviceman sent overseas and I still played the lottery before departing. All service members mobilized overseas for greater than 9 months get to take 2 weeks of leave. Although I could not access any lottery website while in the Green Zone I did sign up for email drawing results notifications so I could still check my tickets (thanks Illinois Lottery for that). In the absence of those resources, if I played a lottery that still had join jackpot unclaimed, I would just conta... [ More ]

Comment #16

savagegoose — Sat, 08 Dec 2012 07:55:06 GMT

plus the UK has online ticvket purchasem where you do not even tget a ticket, its all electronic they know who you are then. Very unfortunate for the winner/ loser.

Comment #15

VenomV12 — Sat, 08 Dec 2012 06:06:25 GMT

Could be dead, in the hospital, had their wallet stolen, car accident, whole bunch of reasons really.

Comment #14

Factorem — Sat, 08 Dec 2012 05:50:33 GMT

It is indeed regrettable that you will be so quick to assign with impunity, lazy moron status to the winner without knowledge of the facts to backup your allegation of laziness and imbecility, which is what moron means and connotes.

In the eyes of Camelot, the winner is a missing winner, but it is also possible that the winner's status could be, far much more severe than a mere missing winner, and (heaven forbid) could have the parallel status of a missing person or worst still permanently un... [ More ]

Comment #13

savagegoose — Sat, 08 Dec 2012 05:37:13 GMT

hey ive been homeless, if someone no longer wants you in their house, say you can leave your stuff there till you find a place there, and when you go back to collect its on the road side. maybe it was the winning ticket. maybe it was in a stolen car that wwas torched, maybe the person died? \

there are a lot of reasons a ticket can go missing. its why our state has a player card that all tickets purchased are recorded on. IF THE TICKET IS LOST THEY HAVE YOUR CONTACT INFO . and they will

Comment #12

candygurl242 — Sat, 08 Dec 2012 02:20:03 GMT

The person may have had a heart attack when comparing their ticket to the winning numbers and croaked. The ticket may have fallen under the couch or chair and may still be sitting there....maybe they should check to see who died in the area where the ticket was sold around that time..lol...just a thought

Comment #11

rdgrnr — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 20:50:11 GMT

He probly left the bloody thing in his knickers when he washed 'em.

Comment #10

RJOh — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 20:46:33 GMT

Stories like this convince me many player don't believe they will ever win so they don't bother to check their tickets or treat them as if they have value until after they've been checked even though they dream of winning.

Comment #9

golfer1960 — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 18:29:53 GMT

I agree Joshua, let the unclaimed jackpots go back into the lottery pool instead of back to the states. The players played the money not the states.

Comment #8

ressuccess — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 17:44:29 GMT

I thought that winning ticket step forward.

Comment #7

joshuacloak — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 16:29:45 GMT

we all know a small % of players, never check

some tickets just go unchecked

millions in bucks of small prizes, NEVER EVER get claimed in pb/mm and its just seem over seas with this game

this was one of them, a forgetten ticket, by some lazy moron no doubt.

at lest they help grow the jackpots and help whatever lotteries fund

its a real shame a player didn't get this thro

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Comment #6

Ronnie316 — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 15:12:54 GMT

What if the big PB prize goes unclaimed and goes back into the prize pool........

Comment #5

Ronnie316 — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 15:11:20 GMT

Its just another part of the game that everyone agrees to when they buy a ticket.......

Comment #4

RedStang — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 15:02:10 GMT

The 180 day deadline is too short. What if it's a soldier who was sent overseas.

Comment #3

Ronnie316 — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 14:46:41 GMT

It is VERY easy to lose track, especially if multiple games are played with multiple draw days......

Comment #2

Original Bey — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 14:42:50 GMT

This many unclaimed prizes leads me to believe that some of these individuals are using the multiple draw option and lose track of their tickets or checking it over time. This would be very likely if its not their personal numbers that they wouldn't instantly recognize.

Comment #1

jarasan — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 14:39:14 GMT

OOPS! Don't lose those bloody tickets mates.

The charities can now partay

EuroMillions lottery jackpot of $102 million goes unclaimed

Lottery Post — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 14:21:55 GMT

In the United Kingdom, a mystery lottery player has lost out on a 64 million (US$102.5 million) fortune after the deadline to claim the prize expired and the money was handed to charity.

The unlucky individual, who bought the winning EuroMillions ticket in Hertfordshire on June 8th, had until 11pm yesterday to collect the massive windfall.

But despite a National Lottery publicity campaign, the would-be multi-millionaire missed the 180-day deadline making the 63,837,543.60 prize the biggest... [ More ]