A Chinese welfare lottery centre said it donated over USD 3 million after the winner failed to redeem the prize by the expiration date.
A lottery ticket vendor in the southern Chinese city of Dongguan sold two tickets with numbers confirmed on November 10, 2015 to win a combined 25.64 million yuan in prize money.
Under China's lottery rules, the holder of winning tickets should redeem the prize within 60 days after it is announced.
The 25.64-million-yuan prize expired on January 9 this year and the deadline was extended to Monday.
The rules also stipulate that expired prize money should be put into the welfare fund, state-run Xinhua news agency reported.
No one showed up as of last night to claim the winnings, and the local welfare lottery center donated the money to the welfare fund.
