National Lottery hunts unclaimed £1million prize winners
Summarised from 3 outlets · Updated 29 Oct, 08:44 · Archive
The National Lottery is urging ticket holders to check their tickets as multiple prize-winning tickets remain unclaimed across the UK.
The National Lottery is conducting multiple appeals to find winners of substantial unclaimed prizes across the UK. A £1million prize from an EuroMillions draw held on 13 October was purchased at a shop in the Thurrock area, with the winning Millionaire Maker code confirmed as JHDR 46235. According to The Independent, a separate £1million Lotto prize from a draw on 1 July was bought in Tameside, Greater Manchester. The winning Lotto numbers were 5, 8, 26, 33, 39, 42 with Bonus Ball 54.
National Lottery rules state that winners have six months from the draw date to claim their prize. This means the Tameside ticket holder must claim by midnight on 28 December, leaving less than two months. The ticket holder in Thurrock is similarly approaching the expiry deadline for their prize.
Andy Carter, Senior Winners' Advisor at Allwyn, said: 'This is not a drill. There is someone out there with no idea they are the owner of a £1million prize which could change their life forever.' Carter added that the winning tickets could be 'tucked away somewhere completely ordinary' while their owners remain unaware of their winnings.
How it is being reported
- It could be you: Lottery bosses hunt missing millionaire as clock ticks down to claim deadlineThe owner of a ticket claiming the prize was bought in Greater Manchester.Daily Mail · 29 Oct, 09:40
- National Lottery urges people to check tickets as £1m fortune goes unclaimedThe ticket holder has until the end of December to claim the prizeThe Independent · 29 Oct, 08:24
- National Lottery players urged to check tickets as £1million jackpot prize remains unclaimedNational Lottery players are being urged to check their tickets as £1million jackpot continues to be unclaimed. The mystery EuroMillions winner is yet to come forward and snap up the eye-watering sum. The ticket was purchased at a shop in the Thurrock area for the draw held on October 13, just over a fortnight ago. Allwyn, which operates the National Lottery, has confirmed the winning ticket matched the Millionaire Maker code JHDR 46235. The holder of the lucky ticket may be entirely unaware they are sitting on a life-changing prize. An appeal has been launched to track down the missing…GB News · 27 Oct, 13:34
In this story: National Lottery · Allwyn · Thurrock · Tameside · Greater Manchester · Andy Carter
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