An urgent hunt is on for four missing Lottery winners who have still not claimed their £1 million prizes from a EuroMillions draw held last week. Allwyn, The National Lottery operator, revealed that out of the 26 UK winners who each scooped up £1 million in last Friday’s special EuroMillions European Millionaire Maker draw, only 22 have come forward. Two of the outstanding tickets were purchased online, while the other two were bought in retail stores.
Players are being encouraged to check their paper tickets either by scanning them through the National Lottery app or at a store. For those with retail-bought winning tickets, they are advised to call the National Lottery Line at 0333 234 5050 to confirm their win and claim their prize. Meanwhile, online winners should be on alert for emails, need to log into their accounts, and ring the hotline as well.
Andy Carter, senior winners’ advisor at Allwyn, expressed surprise that four ticket-holders out there are millionaires and they don’t even know it yet. He highlighted that 22 lucky UK-winning ticket-holders are already enjoying their life-changing wins but urged all EuroMillions players to check their paper tickets and their National Lottery accounts to see if they are among the missing millionaires.
In addition to the excitement of last Friday’s draw, Tuesday saw one UK ticket-holder scoop the entire £177 million jackpot. Overall, EuroMillions has seen 27 winners of prizes of over £1 million in just a few days, with the total of these prizes amounting to just over £203 million.
EuroMillions spans multiple countries including the UK, Ireland, Austria, Belgium, France, Luxembourg, Portugal, Spain, and Switzerland. For every line played, UK players automatically receive a EuroMillions UK Millionaire Maker code printed on their ticket, guaranteeing a £1 million UK winner in every draw.
The National Lottery recently hit a fundraising milestone of £50 billion for charitable causes on its 30th anniversary. Since its inception in November 1994, it has consistently raised over £30 million weekly for good causes, supporting projects such as the Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre, the Eden Project, and the release of This Is England.
As EuroMillions continues to create new millionaires across Europe, the search for the four missing UK winners adds a thrilling twist to the lottery’s ongoing success story. Players are reminded to check their tickets diligently to avoid missing out on life-changing prizes.