Over €85 million in unclaimed Ireland Lottery prizes over the past five years

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Stat$talker — Sun, 05 Dec 2021 18:02:45 GMT

..Yeah, but when they git sober and realize LOs took it back , they're gonna have a hellava FiGhT on their handz..!!

Imagine how many boxes ov Lucky Charms Cereal THAT'D buy..

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sully16 — Wed, 01 Dec 2021 14:45:39 GMT

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rdgrnr — Wed, 01 Dec 2021 04:44:37 GMT

It's Ireland, everybody's drunk over there.

They're not missing anything.

They don't even know they bought tickets.

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JeetKuneDoLotto — Tue, 30 Nov 2021 15:12:10 GMT

People who don't care enough to pick their lottery numbers following SCIENCE and the DATA...

unfortunately dont care enough to check their tickets to see if their numbers actually came out.

People who dont follow the SCIENCE and DATA are nothing better than a bunch of selfish science and math deniers.

People who were selfish enough to buy lottery tickets during a pandemic, are nothing but grandma murderers and dont deserve their jackpot winning anyway.

GOD is punishing these people w... [ More ]

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dannyct — Tue, 30 Nov 2021 10:33:18 GMT

This is exactly why I only play by subscription, as low value prizes are automatically credited to my lottery subscription. I can't be bothered with paper tickets.

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Raven62 — Mon, 29 Nov 2021 19:27:17 GMT

List of Irish National Lottery Unclaimed Prizes:

https://irish.national-lottery.com/unclaimed-prizes

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dannyct — Mon, 29 Nov 2021 18:53:54 GMT

It is completely crazy that the lottery operator is allowed to keep unclaimed prize money. Such revenue should be allocated to local charities.

Over €85 million in unclaimed Ireland Lottery prizes over the past five years

Lottery Post — Mon, 29 Nov 2021 17:55:13 GMT

Lotto game currently on six-month winless streak

By Kate Northrop

Over the last five years, Ireland's National Lottery has had over 85 million (US$95.8 million) in unclaimed prizes returned to its wallet.

Whether lottery winners lose their winning ticket, forget to claim their winnings, or were unaware of the win in the first place, those numbers sure do add up.

Each year, from 2016 through 2020, the Lottery saw at least 16.1 million (US$18.1 million) returned back to its bank... [ More ]