Lottery winnings that have not been visited in the past five years have reached an average of 50 billion won.
According to data from the Ministry of Strategy and Finance on the 22nd, the unpaid winnings for the lottery as of November last year were 51.2 billion won.
In 2016, it was 54.2 billion won, 44.7 billion won in 2017, 50.1 billion won in 2018, and 53.8 billion won in 2019.
In terms of the number of unpaid cases in the past five years, lottery (online lottery) has reached about 6 million annually, and pension lottery (combined lottery) has reached about 1.7 million to 1.8 million.
As of November of last year, lottery and pension lottery were not visited at 5.69,025 and 123,139, respectively.
It was estimated that about 90% of the lottery winners received the winnings within 3 months.
Looking at the percentage of winnings by period for the lottery issued in 2015-2019 (based on the first round of each year), an average of 84% based on the number of cases and 88% based on the amount received the winnings within one month.
The percentage received within 3 months was 90% on average and 93.8% on average.
As time passed, the rate of receipt generally decreased, and the rate of receipt between 11 and 12 months remained at 0.2 to 0.3%.
As the sales amount of lottery tickets increased and the amount unreceived continued to increase, Rep. Ahn Byung-gil proposed an amendment to the Lottery and Lottery Fund Act, which extends the extinguishing statute of lottery winnings from the current one to two years after the payment start date or the end of the sale period. Initiated.
In response, the National Assembly Planning and Finance Committee said in a review report, “Considering that unreceived winnings are the rights of the original lottery winners, it is necessary to thickly protect the rights and interests of the lottery winners by extending the extinctive prescription to reduce the number and amount of non-receipts.”
However, considering that “the ratio of winnings received by period, the extinctive prescription was extended from 180 days to 1 year due to the revision of the law in 2011, but there was no significant change in the unreceived winnings before and after the revision of the law. There is a possibility that it will not go beyond.”
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