The lottery of life - Telegraph It is possible that you have inadvertently left £63,837,543.60 in your overcoat pocket. In fivers that would not only spoil the hang of the garment, but also spill out of the cupboard and block the route to the front door. This sum, though, is tied up in a single lottery ticket that has been unclaimed since June 8. The owner has until 11pm on December 5 to secure the prize, after which the sum will go to good causes. Perhaps the ticket is in some jacket given to a charity shop, or among the lost reading glasses and odd gloves handed in at the church hall. Anyone who found it at 11.30pm on December 5 might be forgiven a brief expression of frustration. Yet in our more pious moods we would be tempted to console them with the thought that such a big win would have ruined their lives.