The day before the 180-day deadline for collecting the $26 million (£19.8m) jackpot was due to pass, the unnamed woman visited the store, telling a member of staff she’d lost the ticket and had a sneaking suspicion she’d left it in a trouser pocket and destroyed it in the wash. Despite CCTV evidence showing the lady buying a ticket, this wasn’t enough to back up her claim and the prize was distributed to California’s public schools instead.
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An unclaimed Mega Millions jackpot from 2002 sparked a legal drama. The sole winner of the top $68 million (£51.8m) prize drawn on Christmas Eve 2002 failed to collect the money by the 12-month deadline, but at the 11th hour, Brooklyn resident Dr Fritzner Bechette filed a lawsuit against the New York Lottery, claiming the prize.
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The Belgian winner wasted no time collecting their prize, but the buyer of the UK ticket, who purchased it in the Stevenage or Hitchin area of England, failed to come forward, missing the 180-day deadline. On a positive note, the money was funnelled into the UK National Lottery’s Good Causes fund to benefit charities, trusts and associations across the UK.
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The jackpot for Japan’s Mega Big lottery, which is run by the country’s Sports Council, came in at a whopping 1.2 billion yen – equivalent to $166 million (£127m) at the time of this unclaimed prize. The 1,221st draw took place on 8 February 2021 without a glitch but, in contrast to the previous ones, the holder of the winning ticket was nowhere to be found. The clock began ticking on a 12-month deadline.
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