Lost Lotto millions

OM9 - Lost Lotto millions

If you regularly play the National Lottery, chances are you keep your ticket in a safe place, just in case your numbers do come up. But with a draw now taking place six days a week, unchecked tickets can pile up, particularly if for example you go on holiday.

One of the most high-profile unclaimed prizes belonged to Chris Jackson of Southend, who discovered an old ticket in his car boot was worth a cool £250,000. But other winners have not been so lucky.

What happens to the unclaimed money?

Lottery winners have 180 days from the date of the winning draw to claim their prize. If the money is not claimed, then Lottery operator Camelot puts it into its Good Causes fund. At least one person’s loss is someone else’s gain.

The biggest unclaimed prizes

Here are the largest amounts that haven’t been claimed and where the tickets were bought:

Draw date	Amount won	Location
6 Sept 2000	£3,011,065	South Hertfordshire
25 May 1996	£2,054,754	Kingston Upon Hull
30 Jan 1999	£1,234,612	Kingston Upon Hull
28 Aug 2002	£1,446,954	Lewisham
1 Jan 2000	£1,170,389	Bolton
1 Jan 2000	£1,170,389	Cumbria
25 May 2002	£1,098,199	East Kent
26 June 2002	£1,038,997	London
18 July 1998	£1,014,313	County Down

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