Lotto Winner Claims 3.1 Billion Prize 40 Days Before Payment Deadline

1050th Draw 1st Prize Winner's '1.5 Billion' Unclaimed

A Lotto jackpot winner with prize money amounting to 3.1 billion KRW claimed the prize 40 days before the payment deadline.

On the 9th, Donghaeng Lottery, the lottery trustee, announced that one first-place winner (manual ticket) of the 1054th Lotto draw claimed the unclaimed prize of 314,792,000 KRW on the 4th. The payment deadline for the 1054th Lotto draw, which was drawn on February 11 last year, was the 12th of next month. The owner of the unclaimed prize appeared about 40 days before the payment deadline. The winning numbers for the 1054th Lotto draw were '14, 19, 27, 28, 30, 45', and there were a total of 9 winners who matched all six numbers (7 automatic, 2 manual).

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However, among the 17 first-place winners of the 1050th draw held on January 14 last year, one winner has yet to claim the prize of 1,535,080,000 KRW. The unclaimed first-place winning ticket for the 1050th draw was sold at 'Life Mart' located on Yeonanbudu-ro, Jung-gu, Incheon, purchased automatically, and the prize payment deadline is the 15th of this month.

Meanwhile, Lotto prize money must be claimed within one year from the start date of payment. Prize money unclaimed after the payment deadline is fully transferred to the lottery fund according to the Lottery and Lottery Fund Act and is used for public interest projects.

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