An average of 68m a year of Lottery money is left unclaimed. Here’s how to ensure you don’t miss out.
I’m sure I am not the only one who regularly dreams about winning the lottery. After all, imagine what you could do with all that cash! Buy a bigger house, help your kids through their education, retire comfortably, buy a yacht and sale round the world… the possibilities are endless.
Of course, for most of us, that dream is unlikely to become reality. But if you were to win the jackpot, it seems impossible to imagine not claiming your money.
Yet, according to the National Lottery, an average of £68 million a year is left unclaimed by winners, simply because people don’t check their numbers. That means that over the 17 year period in which the National Lottery has been running, a total of £1.1bn of Lottery money has remained unclaimed.
This figure includes twice-weekly draws, Lottery scratchcards, online games and the Euromillions draw.
Out of this, the biggest unclaimed prize was for £9.4 million from a winning ticket bought in Doncaster back in 2005. What a waste! You can view a list of some of the most recent prizes to go unclaimed here.
All of this seems pretty hard to believe. After all, if people don’t want to claim their winnings, I’ll quite happily have the money, thank you very much. But if you do play the Lottery, here’s how to ensure you don’t miss out on your prize money.
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