Was this you ???
The owner of a UK National Lottery ticket bought in Port Talbot (UK) worth over £200,000 failed to come forward in time to claim the cash prize. What a nightmare!!
The £203,780 jackpot and the interest it has generated will now go to the National lottery Good Causes fund.
The ticket was purchased on March 15th, and it matched five lotto numbers and the bonus ball in the Lotto draw on Saturday, March 15, 2008.
On that date the drawn numbers were 2, 23, 37, 40, 48, 49 and the bonus ball was 29.
A National Lottery spokesperson said: "Unfortunately, I can confirm that the ticket- holder did not come forward within the deadline to claim their prize.
"The ticket-holder has now sadly missed out on this substantial amount of money.
"To avoid this unfortunate situation happening again, I would urge all National Lottery players to check their tickets on a regular basis.
"We tried very hard to find the ticket-holder and it's a real shame that they have missed out, but there is still one winner — the nation.
"This money will now go to the Good Causes, adding to the £21 billion which, over the past 13 years, has funded the biggest programme of civic regeneration seen in the UK since the 19th Century."
Of course with elottery this would never have happened, as the tickets are bought electronically, and the numbers are checked and the winnings are posted out to you.
