One lucky ticket holder has won a million pounds – and they don’t even know it.
Someone from Liverpool won a £1,000,000 prize in a EuroMillions draw on February 14 this year.
A search is ongoing for the mystery player but they have until August 13 to claim their winnings.
The winning ticket matched the Millionaire Maker draw, which everyone with a EuroMillions ticket is entered into.
The dreamy amount of £1,000,000 would be life-changing for most people.
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There are two other £1,000,000 prizes which are also unclaimed – but winners have more time to find their ticket.
The first was won in the May 10 draw from a ticket in St Albans City & District.
This person has until November 6 to claim the prize.
The second £1,000,000 Lotto prize is from a ticket brought in Birmingham and won on May 24. It has a deadline to claim of November 20.
There are smaller but equally transformative amounts which are yet to be claimed by EuroMillions winners.
One player from Barnet in London won £106,738.50 by matching five balls in a draw on February 7.
They have until August 6 to claim the prize – which was won with numbers 0, 23, 24, 29, 45 plus Lucky Stars 8, and 10.
Any cash prizes not claimed after the six month deadline is paid out instead to the National Lottery Community Fund, which helps projects across the UK.
What happens when you win the Lottery?
Once you have managed to find the ticket and check the numbers really match, you should call the number on the back of the ticket connecting to the lottery line.
You will then get a call from the winner’s advisor who will then come visit you in person, ideally the next day.
You can read more about what happens during each step after winning here.
Kathy Garrett, a winners’ advisor for Allwyn, the National Lottery’s operator, previously explained how players can check if they brought the winning ticket on Valentine’s Day.
Garrett said: ‘Rummage through your warm coats and double-check that this winning ticket hasn’t inadvertently been stowed away with your hats, scarves and gloves.’
Lottery players should also search their vehicles.
She said a builder claimed a whopping £50,000,000 ticket days before it expired after ‘he had left the winning ticket in the sun visor of his work van.’
On June 17, a single ticket holder in Ireland won the huge £208,000,000 EuroMillions jackpot.
If someone in the UK had won the jackpot, they would have instantly become the biggest winner in EuroMillions history.
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