A EuroMillions winner is still waiting a month down the line for National Lottery chiefs to send them their £58million jackpot.
Camelot is still classifying the jaw-dropping sum as "unclaimed" after the mystery ticket-holder, from Scotland, made themselves known weeks ago.
Officials told The Sun the cash is still "subject to validation", with an appeal having gone out in April for the lucky March 17 draw winner to come forward.
Lottery bosses have confirmed the ticket was purchased in South Ayrshire.
A source told the newspaper "there's clearly been a hold-up", describing the process of ensuring the correct person receives the money as "forensic".
"Until they are 100 per cent sure, it remains officially unclaimed," they said.
Camelot said: “As with all major prizes the claim will now go through the process of validation.
"Subject to validation, the prize will then be paid at an appointment with one of Camelot’s Winners’ Advisers.”
The day after the appeal went out a joiner near Rochdale discovered he had also scooped £58m.
Ryan Hoyle discovered the EuroMillions win while checking his emails at 6am on April 18.
The self-employed joiner, who normally buys his tickets in store but who has been playing online during the lockdown, spotted an email from The National Lottery with the title, ‘You’ve Won’.
The 38-year-old said: “I always wake up early and was sat on the edge of my bed but couldn’t work out what I was looking at.
"The email linked to my account which looked like a lot of numbers and I thought it might be millions but I couldn’t believe what my eyes were seeing."
Last August, Camelot withheld Mark Goodram and Jon-Ross Watson's prize money over fears they used "funds obtained without the owner's consent" to buy the lucky scratchcard.
They went on to hire controversial celebrity barrister Henry Hendron to fight their case in the High Court after issuing a writ accusing Camelot of breaching their contract.
