Meanings of unclaimed prizes in inglés

Among the unclaimed prizes was a €1 million Euromillions prize which was bought in Co Kilkenny last April.

In another move, the lottery operators announced plans to plough interest raised from unclaimed prizes into charities instead of the company coffers.

The amount of unclaimed prizes usually amounts to 1 per cent of annual sales, which would come to about £3 million this year.

The company called on people to check the details of the 7,000 unclaimed prizes, some of which date back to the scheme's first year, 1957.