A person does not know that he has won 41 million euros and will lose it if he does not claim it in a few days

A person does not know that he has won 41 million euros and will lose it if he does not claim it in a few days

Fortune can smile on anyone, but sometimes it also requires that we pay attention to it so as not to let it escape, especially when we are already lucky. This is what happened to him in Genil Bridgea municipality of Córdoba with 30,000 inhabitants, where uA person has won 41 million euros in the EuroMillions draw on December 27, but he has not yet claimed the prize and the problem is that it is about to expire. In fact, to this day, the owner of the winning ticket is still unknown and If you do not claim it before March 27, you will lose the millionaire prize.

The winning ticket was purchased at receiving office number 27,360, an establishment called “the golden needle” which in addition to managing the lottery administration, also runs a haberdashery, hence the name. According to what Jesús Pérez, the husband of the owner of the establishment, explains to the media, The Provincesthe winner will most likely be someone from the town”.

Despite the astronomical sum, the anonymity of the lucky man keeps the entire town in suspense. As a general rule, in Spain, every time someone wins a prize of this amount, it is not usual for them to reveal the name, for anonymity and security, but according to State Lotteries and Betting, until now, the prize remains unclaimed.

He will lose 41 million if he does not claim it

According to the regulations, lottery prizes They have a maximum period of 90 days to claim. In this sense, if the lucky person does not claim it before March 27, they will lose it and the truth is, it is not a little money to let go. Although it may seem like a utopia, in fact, they say it to the British man who in 2003 I let a million pounds slip away Because the maximum time had passed, although the money was not lost, it was given to charitable causes.

If there is another more interesting person for the winner to appear, it is the Tax Agency. This is so, since if it appears, when collecting it must pay the Treasury the amount of 8 million euros in taxes, leaving him with a prize of approximately 33 million euros.

The hourglass is counting down for this person, time is of the essence, although with this news you have to be careful. In fact, Rubén Sánchez, general secretary of Facua, has warned lottery winners about possible offers to purchase winning tickets to “launder money.” These operations are illegal in the eyes of the Tax Agency, which can lead to a large fine instead of collecting a good prize.

What happens if you don’t claim the EuroMillions prize?

When the legal deadline to collect a winning ticket expires and no exception that extends it applies, the amount of the prize goes entirely to the public coffersaccording to Article 22 of the current regulations. This applies to all games managed by State Lotteries and Betting, such as Lotería Nacional, Euromillones, La Primitiva and others. Every year, the Tax Agency collects around €50 million from unclaimed prizes.