The hunt is on to find the lucky winner of a £10.6m Lotto jackpot before the prize is withdrawn in a fortnight.
The unclaimed lottery ticket was purchased in the London Borough of Bexley at a National Lottery retailer for the 4 October 2025.
It matched all six main numbers: 06, 08, 12, 33, 49, 59, and was announced the winner of the life-changing sum amounting to £10,633,323.
National Lottery took to the streets of Bexley this week in a bid to find the missing millionaire. Andy Carter, senior winners’ adviser at Allway, which operates the National Lottery, spread the word armed with a megaphone and a Lotti-styled digi-van.
“We’re calling on players who may have brought a ticket in Bexley for the Lotto draw on Saturday 4 October last year to check their tickets!” he said.
“Double-check any places you may have stashed your pink ticket – any safe spots, an old wallet or even the pocket of a light jacket you haven’t worn since the autumn.”
He added that the lucky person could be either a resident of Bexley in southeast London or a visitor who was in the area and happened to purchase it at that location.
“Do you live in Bexley or were you in and around the area in the week leading up to the draw? Tell your friends, ask your family, or use it as an excuse to spring clean. I want nothing more than to unite our missing winner with their prize and make them our latest millionaire. It could be you!”
Winners have 180 days to come forward to claim their prizes, which means that the winner of this draw has until 2 April 2026 to claim it.
Players who believes they have won are asked to call the National Lottery Line on 0333 234 5050 or email help@national-lottery.co.uk.
The largest lottery win ever was awarded to a UK ticket-holder who scooped the record EuroMillions jackpot of £195 million on 19 July 2022 – the biggest National Lottery win of all time.
Joe and Jess Thwaite, from Gloucester collected a then record-breaking £184,262,899 with a Lucky Dip ticket for a May 2022 draw.
At the time of their life-changing win, Joe was a communications sales engineer and his wife Jess ran a hairdressing salon with her sister.
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