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£1.6m in lotto prizes unclaimed on Tyneside

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Two unclaimed lottery prizes totaling £1.6m exist on Tyneside: one worth £1,524,177 and the other £81,698.

1524177 GBP · lottery jackpot81698 GBP · lottery jackpotabout 1600000 GBP · total unclaimed prizes

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Unclaimed prize money will go to the Good Causes charity.

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The Good Causes charity has raised £24bn through National Lottery ticket sales since November 1994.

24000000000 GBP · total funds raised

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The £1.5m jackpot was from the 27 March 2010 draw, with winning numbers 6, 11, 15, 32, 38, 42 and bonus ball 24.

about 1500000 GBP · jackpot prize

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The £81,698 prize was from the 13 February draw, with winning numbers 16, 22, 24, 30, 39, 44 and bonus ball 9.

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Ticket holders for both prizes have until 1730 BST on 23 September to claim.

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The £1.5m winning ticket was bought in South Tyneside and the £81,698 ticket in Newcastle.

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Lottery hopefuls on Tyneside are urged to check their tickets after organisers revealed two prizes totalling £1.6m were yet to be claimed.

The £1.5m winning ticket was bought on South Tyneside, the other in Newcastle.

If no-one comes forward the prize money will go to charity.

It will go to the Good Causes charity which has raised £24bn through sales of lottery tickets since The National Lottery started in November 1994.

Winning numbers for the £1.5m jackpot for the 27 March 2010 draw, were 6, 11, 15, 32, 38 and 42, bonus ball 24. The ticket-holder has until 1730 BST on 23 September to come forward.

Winning numbers for the £81,698 prize for the 13 February draw, were 16, 22, 24, 30, 39, 44 and the bonus ball was 9. The ticket-holder has until 1730 BST on 23 September to claim the prize.

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