From now on, Connecticut Lottery winners will have six months less time to claim their prizes – only 180 days. The change is expected to bring $6.1 million in unclaimed prize money for the cash-starved state. About 2% of prizes went unclaimed last year in CT. Of the 45 domestic lottery agencies, 27 have claim periods of 180 or 182 days; 15 – including New Hampshire - have one-year claim periods; 3 — Georgia, New Mexico and Oklahoma — give players only 90 days to claim prizes. For more, click here.