Top 5 Reasons Why Big Lottery Wins Go Unclaimed

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Winning the lottery and collecting your prize is something most of us have dreamt of at some point. We think about how we would celebrate, what we would buy first and whom we would help with our new found fortune. Rarely do we consider what might stand in our way to collecting that big lottery win.

There is no doubt that Lady Luck has a leading role in every jackpot win and most winners will view her timing as perfect. Occasionally though, she leaves before the prize can be collected and this is when it pays to buy lotto tickets online with a reliable lottery service such as theLotter.

Here are the top 5 reasons players fail to collect lottery wins:

1.       Forgot had played or didn't check the results

Of the $40 billion worth of lottery prize money won in the US in 2011, $800 million went unclaimed. According to the Texas Lottery Commission, more than $10 million worth of prizes were unclaimed from January – March 2013 alone. Annual figures for the last three years show that $52.3 million (2012), $53.7 million (2011) and $86.8 million (2010) of lottery winnings reverted to the lottery-loving American state, Texas, the number one reason being that winners simply forget to check their results [...]

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