Guyana Lottery Company Limited (GLCL) yesterday announced that the G$38M that was won on the 4th June 2014 was not claimed by the winner to this date. 

The GLCL would like to remind the public that the policy governing the presentation of the winning tickets by players allows them 90 days from the date of draw to redeem the ticket. If not redeemed in time the ticket would be an “expired ticket” and subsequently “invalid”.
GLCL wishes to inform the public that on 2ns September 2014, the jackpot ticket sold for the draw on 4th June 2014 had expired.
They further stated that it is their interest that they fulfill their obligations of honoring all the winning tickets, and steps were taken to properly inform the public that there was a winner of the jackpot on the 4th June 2014.
Announcements were made and there were newspaper advertisements appealing to players to check their tickets.
The GLCL also disclosed that their contract with the Government indicates the following where such situation arises: i.e. unclaimed prizes- “any amounts of unclaimed prizes will be used by CBN for special promotion of the games, such as additional prizes awarded for separate seasonal draws.
Finally the GLCLC stated that a promotion will be announced in due course and also wishes to remind players of the importance of writing their name and address at the back of the lottery tickets after purchase , and also to keep the tickets in a safe place
Because prizes cannot be redeemed unless a valid ticket is presented to any authorized GLCL agent or the GLCL Regional Sales Offices.