UK National Lotto Prizes Up To A Certain Amount Can Be Claimed At Post Offices

National Lotto

There are literally Millions and Millions of people all over the united kingdom who will play the UK National Lotto every week in the hope that they will secure that life enhancing prize fund. This could lead us to think that these lottery players would be very keen to get the lottery results as soon possible to see if they have had a massive win. You may be quite surprised to learn that a staggering sum of lotto money never gets collected.

UK National Lotto Prizes

The UK lotto is constantly sitting on very large quantities of prize money that has gone unclaimed. In  5 months from Sept 2008 to Feb 2009 just under 4 million pounds is still unclaimed by lottery players of just the UK National lotto game alone.

You probably won’t be surprised that these are not just small prizes; there are many countless prizes some exceeding £10,000, a cupful of prizes worth more than £100,000 as well as a jackpot prize of a staggering £1.5 million.

Remember To Check Your Lottery Tickets

If you have taken the trouble and gone to the effort of buying a lottery ticket for the UK National lotto, make sure you look at your ticket numbers soon as the lottery draw has been taken place. If you are one of the lucky ones to win a prize, go get it as soon as you can because the UK National lottery rules state that any cash winnings that have not been collected within six months will be given to charitable organisations.

In a Poll taken as to how people miss their winning National Lotto money when their numbers have come in, is because they have either misplaced or lost their tickets. Its actually quite amazing how many Lottery Players this happens to, its quite likely most of us have lost a ticket or two in our time and had to search hi and low to find our ticket in time for the draw.

Claiming National Lotto Prizes

There are different size sums of winning UK National lotto money which can be collected from retailers and a number of ways to claim your cash. Should you be lucky enough to gain a small win of up to £200 you can take your ticket and claim your cash in any recognised retailer displaying the UK National lotto logo. You may find some lottery retailers paying out on lottery wins of between £200 and £500, if you are unable to find any retailers willing to payout these amounts you can always take a trip to your local post office to get your money.

When the UK National lotto prizes get a bit larger and fall between £500 and £50,000 you should still be able to find some post offices that will payout on these lucky tickets. There are a few requirements, understandably you will have to prove you are who you say you are, then enter your details onto a claim form presenting your identification along with your winning ticket, then the post office will hand over a cheque for the winning amount.

Another way for claiming your win of prizes between £500 and £50,000 could be by post directly from the UK National lotto head quarters. They will send out a claim form or you can get one from the post office. You will have to send your ticket in the post so for safety’s sake get your ticket photocopied and use the recorded or registered postal service. You never can be to careful.

Prizes above £50.000

For the very lucky Lottery Winners with UK National lotto tickets boasting prizes over £50,000, they will have to get their best rags on and take a very exciting trip to one of the National lottery’s main centres where they will meet them in person and payout their winnings.

Do your self a favour never miss place or lose your lottery ticket. To avoid not knowing if you have won or to avoid missing out on UK National lotto prizes it is actually possible to set up an online subscription straight with the UK National lotto directly. Their service makes sure you get your tickets on time and will alert you of any prizes you may have won. When players play this way they will always have the guarantee that they will receive any wins owing to them from the National Lotto.

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