$44 million unclaimed in Wisconsin Lottery

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Players of the Wisconsin Lottery appear to be unconcerned with collecting their cash, as the organisation has just revealed that over a period of 13 years, $44,852,936 has gone unclaimed, a figure that also doesn’t take into account scratch-card winnings that haven’t been picked up.

Spokesman for the group Andrew Bohage noted that it is expected unclaimed winnings will climb by approximately $3 million every year, stating that there are many people out there who don’t know there are mid-level amounts of cash outside the big jackpots, the Post-Crescent reports.

While some big tickets go apparently unwanted – such as a $1 million Powerball Power Play ticket that wasn’t collected within the 180-day timeframe – Mr Bohage explained that the majority of prizes that suffer this fate are the smaller ones.

January however saw Karmen Antilla of De Pere win $250,000 in the Mega Millions jackpot draw, receiving $168,125 after taxes.

If you want a chance to win some cash, why not play Pick Six?