LOTTO bosses are urging punters to check their tickets as they hunt for a pair of unclaimed million-pound tickets.
Two lucky Brits who played the Friday, February 3 draw have won £1,000,000 each – and The National Lottery has now revealed where the tickets were bought.
The missing millionaires bought their tickets for the special EuroMillions European Millionaire Maker draw.
Players in the following locations are now being urged to check and double-check their unique EuroMillions European Millionaire Maker code – found at the bottom of their tickets – from the draw for the chance to become an instant millionaire.
- North Somerset – XFHF 13164
- South Ayrshire – XGHX 51373
Ticket holders have until August 2 to claim their prizes.
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Anyone not in possession of their ticket, for whatever reason, but who believes they have a genuine claim can still make a claim in writing to Camelot, but it must be within 30 days of the draw.
Andy Carter, Senior Winners’ Advisor at The National Lottery said: “It’s been an amazing couple of weeks of paying out UK EuroMillions winners for me and my team.
“A total of 31 UK millionaires were made in the special EuroMillions European Millionaire Maker draw on February 3 and we’ve already started to support the 29 ticket-holders who have claimed their prizes.
“We’re now urging everyone who bought a ticket in one of these two remaining areas to check their old EuroMillions tickets again or look anywhere a missing ticket could be hiding.”
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The first EuroMillions draw took place on February 7, 2004, by three organisations: France's Française des Jeux, Loterías y Apuestas del Estado in Spain and the Camelot in the UK.
One of the UK’s biggest prizes was up for grabs on December, 4, 2020 with a whopping £175million EuroMillions jackpot, which would make a winner richer than Adele.
Another previous UK winner who's whole life was altered with their jackpot was a player who wanted to remain anonymous on October 8, 2019. They walked off with a cool £170,221,000.
Colin and Chris Weir, from Largs in Scotland, netted a huge £161,653,000 in the July 12, 2011.
Adrian and Gillian Bayford, from Haverhill, Suffolk, picked up £148,656,000 after they played the draw on August, 10, 2012, while Jane Park became Britain's youngest lottery winner when she scooped up £1 million in 2013.
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