Have you heard tales of unclaimed lottery prize money? People sometimes buy lottery tickets but then forget to check the numbers, so they might live in ignorance of a life changing big money win. The closest I've ever come to an unclaimed prize experience was when I owned a coffee shop loyalty card and needed one more stamp to get the 10th coffee free. I lost the card. So much for loyalty, I was so annoyed I never went back, and now I only drink Starbucks.

You may be surprised to hear that there's a PokerStars equivalent of unclaimed lottery prizes. If you read the blog regularly you'll know that PokerStars adds prize money to many events in special promotional games. There are regularly freerolls where players have the chance to win real cash. PokerStars.net players sometimes win real money prizes but don't even realise it. Yesterday PokerStars decided to look into exactly how much money was sitting unused in PokerStars.net player's accounts. There was a total of $113,545.55 of unclaimed money. One player had won $977 in a freeroll then gone back to the fun money games without even noticing.

PokerStars will be sending emails to all these players to inform them that they've won prizes. Watch your email in-box carefully - it could be you! And if you want any further information on claiming your money, or would like to check if your account contains some of this lost PokerStars.net treasure, please email support@pokerstars.net to ask for advice.

And next time you do the lottery be sure to check those numbers!