Europe 1 12:25 p.m., April 18, 2022

He did not appear within 60 days of the legal deadline to claim the sum he won.

The draw of February 12 had found two winning combinations, for a gain of 12 million euros, but only one of the winners, living in Dordogne, recovered his due.

Failed stroke of luck.

In Loire-Atlantique, a lotto player missed six million euros, despite his winning combination, the specialized site Tirage-gagnant said on Saturday.

The deadline was set for midnight Friday night to Saturday.

According to our colleagues from

Parisian

, the sum will therefore not be paid by the Française des jeux, despite several wanted notices and calls made in the local media.

In all, it was possible to win 12 million euros on February 12.

Two people found the winning combination: 45, 22, 28, 40, 37 and the lucky number 10. One of them, who was in the Dordogne department, claimed his prize.

For the other, it is therefore a failure.

A rare situation

The situation remains quite rare in France, according to information from the Tirage-gagnant site.

However, astronomical sums have not been claimed across the Atlantic.

Example: 71 million euros that were lost by a winner of the Powerball lottery in the United States, and across the Channel, in the United Kingdom, it is almost 80 million euros that were not requested in 2012 after a EuroMillions draw.

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In total in France in 2021, 71 million euros were not recovered by the players, recall Tirage-gagnant and

Le Parisien

, but the vast majority of these are much more modest sums.