Forgetful millionaires help good causes
Howard Lake | 17 October 2000 | News
Lottery operator Camelot has announced that a £3 million lottery jackpot is still unclaimed after six weeks. If the prize is not claimed before 5 March it will be added to the good causes pot for distribution
Lottery operator Camelot has announced that a £3 million lottery jackpot is still unclaimed after six weeks. If the prize is not claimed before 5 March it will be added to the good causes pot for distribution.
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Kingston Upon Hull has the largest amount of unclaimed prize money – £3,471,763 – which looks destined for good causes, followed by London at £2,071,572.
Since 1994, £346 million of lottery prizes has gone unclaimed. That includes, remarkably, £46 million from the clearly-less-than-instant Instants scratchcards.
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About Howard Lake
Howard Lake is consultant editor of UK Fundraising. He founded the site in 1994 and successfully sold it in 2022. As director of Giving X Ltd he is exploring growing giving on a massive scale.
He is the founder of Fundraising Camp and co-founder of GoodJobs.