Yes, you read that accurately.
If I buy several lottery tickets and then leave my account dormant for a long time, say at least 6 months, and my ticket wins the jackpot during that time.
Will anything happen to my prize money? Will the casino refund my money because I never claimed any of the rewards?
It's just a thought I've had for a while and decided to ask here in the community.
There are few reported cases in my country when lottery didn't have to pay when winner didn't show up in a year. And they actually look for them, tell in the newspapers where the ticket was purchased etc, in order to find the missing winners. Sometimes they just don't show up. Maybe people have forgotten that they bought the ticket, lost the ticket or something happened.
Before everything got digital, there was only a piece of paper to prove you are the winner. Without it it got difficult to prove. Now, here in finland there's a mandatory KYC if you want to gamble anything, and winnigs are paid directly to your account. There's no way to ask physical cash. Some say it's Orwellian, some say it's good for anti money laundering and making it more difficult for criminals to hide their money.