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Anyone want $17m?
02/01/2006 18:17 - (SA)
London - The holder of a British lottery ticket worth nearly £10m or $17.2m had until 17:30 on Monday to collect or forfeit the entire amount.
Most likely, the soon-to-be unlucky winner simply forgot to check the ticket which would make him or her £9 476 995 richer.
According to lottery rules, if winners fails to recoup their bounty within six months, the money is automatically given to a charitable organisation.
Had the ticket holder placed his windfall into a savings account immediately, a British newspaper calculated, an extra 300 000 in interest would have accrued.
The largest unclaimed lottery prize in Britain to date has been £7m.
- AFP
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