Topic: Does lottery rewards expire? - page 3. (Read 1025 times)

You are right, claiming lottery winning is one that takes time, and I personally believe that even the officials of the lottery know this and always allow an ample space of time for the winners to come forward and claim their winning.

I don't know what country you from, and let me also say that I am not from the US, but I've heard this story about a lucky guy from another country, who won the US lottery, the US government announced him the winner through the lottery website and asked him to come forward and claim his winning, it took about six months before the winner decided to send his uncle to US to go and claim the money on his behalf, with reasons like he doest want his identity known, the winner had to send his uncle who had no issues with being shown on TV and appeasing on newspaper headlines.

So, yeah, when it comes to national lottery at most, as much as every ticket does have expiry dates, there is always an ample space of time given to winners to claim their winnings, most especially, when it involves winning the jackpot.

Have no experience in lottery where the prize needs to be claimed, because the lottery available in my country is like a instant lottery. Lottery where the winners get the prize instantly in their account (online), but if it is offline, winners only need to come to the seller to take the prize without any complicated process. Talking about expiration date for the prize, I think every lottery gambling platform has their own rules so we cant generate an exact answer. The best thing is to ask the lottery platform about to avoid losing the prize. By the way, I dont think there will be lottery winner who will skip/leave the account or leave the prize for that long because most lottery players will always try to get their prize as soon as they notice that they win it.

Actually the requirements on claiming reward is very easy. Just provide valid ID and the winning ticket to claim it since they will just issue a check for your prize in your name so that you can withdraw it to a bank. The process is not that complicated if you hold the legit winning ticket.

It’s true that winners have a lot of time to claim it. In my country, winners has a up to one year of time to claim the reward I believe this is due to privacy purposes since winners usually want to cool off the news before they claim for their safety.

It really depends on what casino implements the expiration of the lottery tickets. But why not just try to get along with it and use it? And when you win, you can keep your profits there for that duration you've mentioned but why would you do that? If we're going to talk about account dormancy, it also depends on the casino but usually, they trigger if an account has been dormant for 1-2 years. Again, it varies per casino.

So just as what the other members have been saying about checking the TOS on how long is the duration they consider dormant and if they're going to void anything within your account. I think it's a good reminder not just for OP but also for everybody that whenever you have funds, tickets, or anything in your gambling accounts, think before you leave or better use and withdraw it.

Because you'll never know that you might forget for several months or even a year that you won't pay a visit and won't do an activity to your account. That's what happened for some cases and you just don't that to happen to you so you won't have any headache when the time comes.

When someone is winning in a lottery, It takes time before they claim their prizes especially if the winning amount is the jackpot prize since there's a lot of process to be done before they give the money. The lottery rewards may expire or they only give a duration how long does it takes for the winner to claim or to submit a documents for their prizes. You're right that the lottery ticket has their expiration date at the back of the tickets so better to always check. here in our country, the process of claiming the winning prize, the winner should present valid ID and the winning ticket and also needs to fill out the required forms and the tickets need to be  validated. It takes time for the verification due to some legal process but once verified, Treasury dept will issue a check to the winner's name.

Why does that suck? It's how it should be, and it's not their fault if we ignore the terms and conditions and enter the contest without knowing the rules. Our money is at risk, so it's also our responsibility to read and understand everything before we put our money at risk even if it's a small amount. So, a person who either wants to gamble on a platform or participate in a lottery must read their terms and conditions before they get involved financially just to avoid facing problems in the future.

When it comes to claiming the reward on time, that can also depend on the platform and its rules, and it again becomes important for a person to read the terms and conditions before participating in the lottery just to be aware of the window that they will have to claim the rewards before they expire so that they don't miss it.

OP I believe any rewards put up for a competition must be claimed by the winners as a result of their efforts to winning it. Most rewards do have a specific time of claim. Some rewards are paid gradually to the winners within a specified period of time while some rewards are paid in full be the sponsoring organisation.

I can recall a particular lottery won by a female Phillipines which payments spans through 25 years here  this was done so that  the company would make the organisational payments within the lifespan they have given so they could not have any issues with payment in the future.

I think this depends entirely on the game but as per my investigation about lotteries I found out that it takes long for at least three months from the drawing date to claim your prize, anything after is already too late, but the deadline can be extended up to a year too.

So yes lottery rewards can actually get expired, the duration depends on the lottery and the location where you bought it from, power ball time frame is different from mega millions and so on.

I think the best manner of approach is to always check the claiming deadline for a specific lottery to figure out when the ticket will expire, I've not particulate in any lottery before but I am sure that lottery tickets carry their expiring date at the back of the tickets, but not always.

If we register on things like that we must have to endervour to go through their terms and conditions to see what is there and how it can affect us if we don't follow the right thing. If you read ToS, then it puts you on the right part to follow. For instance if a lottery winning ticket would expire you would see it from the terms and ensure you redeem it before expiration but if you don't read and you believe it has no expiration then it is not the fault of the casino when the ticket expires.

Is this some sort of spam comment or what because this reply is off-topic and if you have any case against any casino,  that offers you a lottery ticket,  because I can see that you made mention of $20 in your comment above.

So I am sure if you have other complaints similar to the one in ops then you can share some evidence or better still create your comment.

I think there are many other ways to look at it. For example, this guess could be valid for bc games only and other casinos may not work in similar ways. If the lottery tickets are valid for a lifetime then that business needs to be very strong from a financial perspective. I mean if someone won and they just casually came after 10 years to claim their ticket then it could be chaotic. The value that was assigned this year will hold many more times in terms of appreciation in the future and thus it can hamper the business as such.

I remember reading a Coca-Cola story where a man bought shares of the company in the early days when the company was not even at its moderate operations and suddenly after a few decades when the company became multi-billion dollar the shares had enormous value and as much the company could end losing their most of the business if they did the settlement. The claim was settled middle somewhere but such things can happen with the lotteries too.

At first, it might be an irrelevant comparison, but in the end, it's the company that is holding the lottery competition is liable for the reward no matter what when the user claims it.

Exactly what I was thinking, that there's definitely an expiration for almost anything, which I think makes OP's question moot since what's the point of asking if the common sense is to assume that there's going to be an expiration to everything, not to mention that business would want that to happen, for people to not claim their wins so they're not losing anything. The examples you've said though, I think that there's some way to work it out there; if the ticket is lost, there should be a record of your ticket and the numbers you've put in while on the other one, I think that you can argue that the immediate family member or relative can stake their claim on the ticket.

Everything would really be that depending or according into their terms and conditions on which it would really be that so impossible that they wouldnt be having one.
This is why it would really be that always be according into sites terms and conditions when it comes to claiming up the prize considering that there would really be that expiry date for you to claim.
If you would really be going above with those time limits or days then it would be forfeited on which i would say that it is really just that a standard thing to have.
If we do talk about expiring then it sure it does, i dont know about their expiry date and this is why reading up those terms would be crucial.
Most of the time we do ignore on reading out with those details, yes it is really just that too small but we know that it could really give out that great effect
once we are on such condition.

it's absolutely crucial, absolutely essential, to know the type of lottery we're talking about here. Online? Physical? It makes a huge, huge difference. If your account's been frozen - and I mean for a long time, not just a day or two - then you've got to get on that. Reactivate it. Reactivate it fast! But wait, you've got to read those tos. Read them once, read them twice, read them thrice if you have to

Some lotteries, they've got this timer, right? Tick-tock, tick-tock... and once it's gone, it's gone! No second chances, no do-overs. So, before you even think about buying a lottery ticket, you've got to know the rules. Know them inside out. And always, always check if your account is active. It's like dating; you've got to know if the other party is still interested, right? So, get in touch with the authorities, the big guys, and get the lowdown. It's the smart thing to do

As far as I know every lottery prize has specific time and it is said that if you contact within this time you will get the prize and if you are late then you will not get it. As far as I know no one can tell by a word of mouth on the forum where you purchased the lottery only they can.First confirms how you bought the lottery and if you claim now whether you will get the prize and know the details and then apply as per the rules then you will definitely get the prize No you can know that.

and I don't think that there are even business that wont have expiration for everything , even claims for return product has expiration so what more the claims for winning, knowing that lottery wins are huge and yes needs clarification , KYC and other stuffs , if you are not willing to do such then best to not gamble at all.
but I know that there are some case that the winning never been claimed maybe the winner died or the ticket are completely lost.

      -  If you are talking about a physical lotto ticket, yes, it has an expiration date because, in our country, if you do not collect your winnings within 6 months, the jackpot prize that should be yours will be forfeited.

But in the online lottery, I don't know if it has an expiration, but of course if you are the one who got the jackpot prize in the lottery, why would you take 6 months if you can get it in less than a week from the date you actually won? As long as you just keep the ticket, it should not be wrinkled or dirty so that the code can no longer be read and it can be validated without any problem.

There is nothing in this world that has no expiration , even Life has mate so yes there is expiration but
I think depend in which casino or their rules , I may ask is this online lottery? and which site ? and refunding? if you are asking
about your initial bets so maybe the casino is generous enough to bring that back but if your winning is what you asked here and
expecting after expiration will be a refund , sorry But I guess gambling owners are more wiser than us, they will take this opportunity
to take your winning if you did not comply with their terms., remember that it is your mistake and not theirs so a win win situation
for them right? so if you won lottery better to claim it right away before there is someone that will try to claim for you .

In fact, I don't have the right answer. However, usually, online lotteries do not have an active period to claim. As far as I know, the lottery we win will automatically go into our gambling account. I mean, our balance increases according to what we win. However, what I said could be inaccurate. please understand, because I am not a Lottery fan. So, to prevent unwanted things, always try to read the ToS provided by the casino.

For physical lottery tickets, as far as I know, they are not much different from online lottery casino platforms. However, there are differences. when we win the physical lottery, automatically we have to claim our winnings. Usually within a certain time, if we don't claim the lottery win, we won't have any problems. however, for a duration that is not too long. for example, only a week later we can claim it. because however, the database is usually still stored safely. However, in a case like the one you put forward in this thread, it seems that it will not be as simple as we think. even though in reality, we are claiming the rewards we deserve. However, the point is, we don't know exactly what regulations apply to physical casinos. it could be, if there is a time limit for claiming our victory. moreover, over a fairly long period of time. Apart from that, the winner must first provide prior notification of the reasons and causes if the prize will be claimed within a certain time. I hope that what I convey is not different from the actual version of the situation and regulations.

Wouldn't the casino have a ruling about the timeframe of the claiming of the rewards? If yes then that means that they're going to be explicitly say the time that you can claim it? Plus, it's their business so they can actually create their own set of rules and there's nothing you can do about that, even if you don't read it, you still have to comply to their rules which sucks but those are the rules, can't do anything about that.