Time is running out for $2-million Lotto 6/49 prize August 09, 2002
Time is running out for the ticket-holder of a Lotto 6/49 prize worth $2 million.
The ticket was sold in the southern part of Kent County, N.B. for the Aug. 22, 2001 draw. Since lottery winners have one year from the draw date to claim a prize, the ticket will expire on Aug. 22, 2002.
The lucky ticket was the only winning ticket sold in Canada that correctly matched all six numbers for the Aug. 22, 2002 draw: 5, 13, 15, 28, 31, 34.
"The lucky winner has only a few weeks left to claim the prize, so we're urging everyone who may have purchased a ticket in this area last August to dig through their purses and cupboards," said Robert Bourgeois, spokesperson for the Atlantic Lottery Corporation. "The ticket is out there somewhere."
This would become the largest unclaimed prize in ALC history and officials are hoping someone will come forward before Aug. 22.
"At the moment, the largest unclaimed prize is for $100,000. We would love to give this jackpot prize away to a lucky winner," said Mr. Bourgeois.
Prizes that are unclaimed after one year from the draw date go to the unclaimed prize fund until such time they are returned to players in the form of prizes.
Since its inception in 1976, the Atlantic Lottery Corporation has returned more than $3.5 billion in prizes on traditional tickets, and more than $3.5 billion in profit to the four provincial shareholders.
Time is running out for the ticket-holder of a Lotto 6/49 prize worth $2 million.
The ticket was sold in the southern part of Kent County, N.B. for the Aug. 22, 2001 draw. Since lottery winners have one year from the draw date to claim a prize, the ticket will expire on Aug. 22, 2002.
The lucky ticket was the only winning ticket sold in Canada that correctly matched all six numbers for the Aug. 22, 2002 draw: 5, 13, 15, 28, 31, 34.
"The lucky winner has only a few weeks left to claim the prize, so we're urging everyone who may have purchased a ticket in this area last August to dig through their purses and cupboards," said Robert Bourgeois, spokesperson for the Atlantic Lottery Corporation. "The ticket is out there somewhere."
This would become the largest unclaimed prize in ALC history and officials are hoping someone will come forward before Aug. 22.
"At the moment, the largest unclaimed prize is for $100,000. We would love to give this jackpot prize away to a lucky winner," said Mr. Bourgeois.
Prizes that are unclaimed after one year from the draw date go to the unclaimed prize fund until such time they are returned to players in the form of prizes.
Since its inception in 1976, the Atlantic Lottery Corporation has returned more than $3.5 billion in prizes on traditional tickets, and more than $3.5 billion in profit to the four provincial shareholders.
