SAPPORO, Mar 07 (News On Japan) –
A 200 million yen lottery prize stays unclaimed, and the deadline is approaching.
At the “Odori Underground Chance Center” in Sapporo, which sells the “Valentine Jumbo” lottery with a primary prize of 300 million yen together with the bonus prize, many individuals have lined as much as purchase tickets because the begin of gross sales, dreaming of changing into millionaires.
However, an uncommon scenario has arisen with the “Valentine Jumbo.” A poster on the gross sales sales space reads “WANTED” within the type of a needed poster, because the winner of the primary prize of 200 million yen has not but appeared, and the seek for the winner is ongoing.
An individual of their 40s stated, “I would probably go to claim it right away, so I’m surprised. I’d be so happy to exchange it, I’d go immediately.”
An individual of their 20s stated, “That’s really a waste. I wonder why they bought it in the first place.”
What occurs to the 200 million yen if the winner doesn’t seem? The cost deadline for this lottery prize is in 14 days, with just one week left. Hiroshi Kobayashi from the Odori Underground Chance Center stated, “The money will be handed over to prefectures or government-designated cities, and it will be used for community development.”
According to the lottery facet, the overall winnings for the fiscal yr 2022, the place winners didn’t seem nationwide, quantities to 99 billion yen.
The lottery sales space on the “Odori Underground Chance Center” is making the next enchantment: “The first prize of 200 million yen has not been claimed yet, so we hope that anyone who remembers purchasing it will bring it to a nearby lottery booth. In December of last year, a first prize of 700 million yen was also won in the year-end jumbo, and we hope that the winner will come forward soon.”
Source: ANN