EuroMillions: the winner does not show up, the State recovers the million euros – archyde

Misery! Misery! The search notices will have been useless and the big, very very big check with six zeros which was to change the life of this inhabitant of Aude (and all his relatives) will never top up his bank account. It is… that of the State which wins the jackpot! “There are still customers who arrive this Thursday to show me their grid, but it is too late”, relates Frédéric Martin, owner of a French press tobacconist games (FDJ) in Narbonne Plage. “For a week, and the publication of the notice of search of the winner by the FDJ, it’s the parade”, he continues. The professional also wonders: “The mystery is complete! But what happened? Has the customer lost the ticket? Did he just look at the draw, the five numbers and not the bonus? Is it an occasional player who does not have the reflex to check his gambling receipt? You must always come to the point of sale to check the bonus! “He advises. 70 million euros unclaimed in 2021 Indeed, since the entry into force of the Pacte law, in November 2019, all unclaimed winnings automatically return to the State, except for “winnings rank 1 (Lotto or EuroMillions jackpots, for example), for which the money is redistributed by the FDJ in other games, ”explains the institution to Parisian. Thus, in 2021, more than 70 million euros in unclaimed winnings had been donated to the State! During this special draw on Friday January 21, 100 people had been drawn at random via a winning code and thus each won 1 million euros, the famous “rain of millionaires”! Among the lucky ones: 28 French people, including one who had played… the code F HNS 76 765, the only one, therefore, not to have recovered the prize. To force fate, this player should have declared himself a winner in time after the EuroMillions special draw on January 21, recalls Le Progrès, which was the first to tell this very sad story. He still had ninety days to do it! “Time is money”, the saying goes…