5-518. Disposition of unclaimed prize
money
Unclaimed prize money for the prize on a winning ticket or share shall be retained
for the person entitled to the prize for one hundred eighty days after the drawing in
which the prize was won in the case of a drawing prize and for one hundred eighty days
after the announced end of the game in question in the case of a prize determined in any
manner other than by means of a drawing. If a claim is not made for the money within the
applicable period, seventy per cent of the prize money shall be held in the state lottery
prize fund for use as additional prizes in future games and thirty per cent shall be
transferred monthly to the court appointed special advocate fund established by section
8-524.
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