The two winners who split the massive NT$1.35 billion (US$42.89 million) Super Lotto (威力彩) jackpot drawn on Feb. 12 have yet to claim their prize, Taiwan Lottery Co said today, urging the ticketholders to come forward before the May 12 deadline.
The draw yielded two winning tickets, each entitling the holder to a pre-tax prize of NT$677 million.
However, with only 20 days remaining until the deadline, the winners have still not stepped forward to collect their winnings, the company said in a news release.
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The winning tickets were sold at the Jin Yuan Bao (金元寶) store on Fuxing Road in Hsinchu’s East District (東區), and the Fu Tai (福泰) store on Minzhi Street in New Taipei City’s Banciao District (板橋).
According to Taiwan Lottery data, both winning tickets were NT$100 computer-generated quick picks purchased just before the Lunar New Year.
The ticket from the Hsinchu store was bought on Feb. 11, while the ticket from the Banciao store was purchased on the day of the draw on Feb. 12.
The company urged anyone who purchased a Super Lotto ticket on those days at the aforementioned locations to check their numbers as soon as possible.
The winning numbers were 06, 10, 22, 25, 32 and 35, with a special number of 03.
To protect the privacy of winners, anyone claiming a prize exceeding NT$5 million must first make an appointment via a dedicated high-value prize hotline, the company said, adding that the tickets must undergo a verification process before the funds can be disbursed.
In addition to the two unclaimed Super Lotto prizes, the company said that out of the 20 jackpot prizes drawn this year across the Super Lotto and Grand Lotto (大樂透) games, there are four other jackpot winners of more than NT$100 million who have not yet claimed their winnings.
If the prizes remain unclaimed by their respective deadlines, the entire sum would be forfeited and redirected to public welfare funds, the company said.
There have been five instances in which single lottery jackpots exceeding NT$100 million went unclaimed and were subsequently given over to the public welfare fund.
The highest unclaimed amount on record was a NT$250 million Super Lotto jackpot drawn on April 14, 2008, followed by a NT$199 million Grand Lotto jackpot drawn on April 26, 2011.
If the two NT$677 million prizes from the Feb. 12 draw expire without being claimed, it would shatter the record for the highest single unclaimed prize in the history of Taiwan's public lottery, the company added.
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