Unclaimed National Lottery Prizes
22nd April 2008 7:31 PM
I don’t know about everyone else but me personally when I buy a National Lottery ticket then I always watch the draw and check my numbers as they are drawn. I’ve never been lucky enough to win big but have had the odd £10 win and once even managed 4 numbers netting me £75. Not exactly life changing amount of money but not a bad return on a £1 outlay.
So I was really shocked when visiting the National Lottery web page today to see the amount of big prizes still unclaimed. With only six months grace to claim your winnings from the date of the actual draw where are these winners? What has happened to their tickets? Are they kicking themselves for losing them or simply not aware that they hold the winning ticket?
Maybe they don’t want their lives to change or want any publicity. Maybe they are worried that winning the National Lottery will change them as people? Whatever the reason for these prizes being left unclaimed, time is running out on quite a few so they better hurry up!
These are just a few of the prizes still unclaimed that expire and make the winning tickets worthless over the next few months.
| Draw Date | Amount Unclaimed | Area Ticket Purchased | Final date to Claim |
| 3rd Nov 2007 | £58,693 | Oswestry and Wrexham area | 1st May 2008 |
| 14th Nov 2007 | £250,000 | LB of Kensington & Chelsea | 12th May 2008 |
| 5th Dec 2007 | £785,425 | Harrow area | 2nd Jun 2008 |
| 26th Dec 2007 | £548,030 | Great Yarmouth & Lowestoft Area | 23rd Jun 2008 |
| 29th Dec 2007 | £59,212 | Wolverhampton area | 26th Jun 2008 |
| 5th Jan 2008 | £70,092 | Warrington area | 3rd Jul 2008 |
| 6th Feb 2008 | £250,000 | Northampton area | 4th Aug 2008 |
| 9th Feb 2008 | £55,639 | Manchester area | 7th Aug 2008 |
| 16th Feb 2008 | £93,261 | Swansea area | 14th Aug 2008 |
I didn't see any unclaimed prizes from my neck of the woods so I know that as yet it "hasn't been me"!
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