A lottery room in Jongno-gu, Seoul. yunhap news
Lottery winnings that have not been visited have been accumulated, and the average amount has reached 50 billion won over the past five years.
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 2019, it was 53.8 billion won, 50.1 billion won in 2018, 44.7 billion won in 2017, and 54.2 billion won in 2016.
In addition, about 90% of those who won the lottery were counted to receive the winnings within 3 months.
According to the percentage of winnings by lottery period issued in the last 5 years, 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.
In terms of the number of unpaid cases, approximately 6 million cases per year in the past five years and 1.7 million to 1.8 million cases of pension lottery. Last year, he did not visit lottery and pension lottery cases, respectively.
Unreceived lottery prizes from 2016 to 2020. Materials Ministry of Strategy and Finance
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 lottery winnings did not decrease, Rep. Ahn Byung-gil proposed an amendment to the Lottery and Lottery Fund Act that extends the extinguishing prescription for lottery winnings from the current one year after the payment start date or the end of the sale period to two years.
In response, the National Assembly’s Planning and Finance Committee said, “Through the revision of the law in 2011, the extinctive prescription was extended from 180 days to one year, but there was no significant change in the amount of prizes not received before and after the revision of the law. There is a possibility of not going crazy.” However, he emphasized, “Considering that the lottery winner’s right is the original lottery winner’s right, 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-receivables.”
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