jan 1st

Unclaimed jackpot deadline looms
Time is running out for the holder of a £9.5m jackpot-winning lottery ticket to claim the prize - the largest unclaimed fortune in the draw's history.
The unsuspecting winner, who bought the ticket in Doncaster, has already lost out on almost £215,000 in interest since the numbers came up on 6 July.

The winning numbers are: 3, 12, 17, 36, 44 and 49.

If the £9,476,995 prize is not claimed by 1730 GMT on Monday, the cash goes to the Lotto's Good Causes fund.

So far £100m has gone unclaimed on the draws.

The largest unclaimed jackpot before this was worth more than £7m.

That ticket, bought in Belfast in August 2004, was never handed in.

Twenty-two people have missed out on becoming millionaires since the lottery began by not claiming their prizes, Camelot said.

Winners have 180 days to submit their claim.


Story from BBC NEWS:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/1/hi/england/south_yorkshire/4573760.stm

this is a story dear to my heart as i am a lottery user who more often than not forgets to check his ticket.
luckily i have not been to doncaster recently so this is not mine.
though i wonder how much i have lost (or won and not claimed) over the months.