# Forgetful millionaires help good causes

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2000/10/17/forgetful-millionaires-help-good-causes/
- Published: 2000-10-17T23:00:00+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

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.

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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