Lottery players urged to check tickets as £57.9million EuroMillions jackpot goes unclaimed

The UK winner of a £57.9 million EuroMillions jackpot has yet to come forward to claim the prize.
Lottery players are being urged to check their tickets. Picture: Yui Mok/PA WireLottery players are being urged to check their tickets. Picture: Yui Mok/PA Wire
Lottery players are being urged to check their tickets. Picture: Yui Mok/PA Wire

Players are being urged to check their tickets by leading operator Camelot. 

The winning ticket for the July 10 draw was bought in the UK and is worth £57,975,367.70 '“ with the numbers being: 3, 8, 26, 33, 45 - and Lucky Star numbers 7 and 10.

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Camelot has said it would reveal more about the area where the ticket was bought if no claim has been staked by around July 24 '“ next Tuesday. 

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Andy Carter, senior winners' adviser at The National Lottery, said: '˜We're urging all EuroMillions players to check their tickets as soon as possible but, in our experience, prize winners do not always come forward immediately after the draw.

'˜We often find that players have routines and check their tickets once a fortnight, once a month or wait even longer to check a batch of tickets.

'˜Maybe the missing ticket-holder has been caught up in the World Cup frenzy.

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'˜On the same evening as the EuroMillions draw, Belgium and France played their semi-final which was, of course, the night before England played Croatia at the same stage of the competition.

'˜Or the ticket-holder might not be a football fan but could have gone away on their summer holidays, not realising they have won.

'˜Whatever the reason, we're urging all EuroMillions players to make it their goal to check their tickets as someone will score a cool £57.9 million.'

The winner will be richer than many of the stars of the World Cup who play for clubs in the UK.

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According to the Sunday Times Rich List 2018, the EuroMillions winner would be richer than World Cup-winning French midfielder, Paul Pogba, who is worth an estimated £25 million, and Belgium's Kevin De Bruyne, worth £16 million, put together.