A Kilkenny Lotto player could yet be up a whopping near-€30,000.
The National Lottery says there's an unclaimed prize of €28,908 in the Marble City waiting to be claimed by the lucky winner, who bought a match 5 ticket on the Circle K Garage on the Castlecomer Road in the city.
The prize dates back to Wednesday 10th November, when the winning numbers were 06, 20, 29, 33, 37, 42 and the bonus was 27.
The winner is being asked to contact [email protected] with proof of the winning ticket, and the group will make arrangements for them to collect their prize.
However, the winner has only until Tuesday 8th February - just 90 days after the draw was announced - to claim their prize.
It's not the only unclaimed prize in the region, with two separate winners of €40,244 in Kilkenny and Waterford yet to claim their winnings from a draw on the 29th of December, while an online player has yet to notify the Lotto of a win worth €253,314 earlier this month.
The National Lottery says any unclaimed prize money will go to promote the National Lottery which they say 'in turn will increase the funds raised for Good Causes.'
After the recession, a decision was made to sell off the National Lottery to a private firm, eventually sold to a consortium made up of the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan, An Post and the An Post pension funds.
Under that agreement, a private firm ultimately co-owned by the trio, called Premier Lotteries Ireland, was awarded a 20-year licence in 2014, with the Canadian pension fund the majority shareholder in the deal.
The game has been embroiled in controversy in the last few months, which saw no winner of the main prize in 62 games, with many calling on the number of matching numbers needed to win the main prize decrease.
In 2020 the company took in €918.9 million in sales, giving out €528.9 million in prizes, and €253.6 million to good causes. Leaving €136.4 million for the company to pay for running costs, wages, and shareholders dividends.
