The person who bought a winning EuroMillions ticket worth £78,000 has failed to claim their prize in time.
Camelot has revealed the £78,453.90 prize, from a draw on August 9, 2020, has remained unclaimed for more than 180 days.
The ticket was purchased in Bristol, although Camelot has not revealed exactly where.
The deadline for the ticket-holder to claim their prize was at midnight on February 5, 2020. As that has now passed, the money will now be used to help National Lottery-funded projects across the UK.
In total, around 4,150 projects have received National Lottery funding in Bristol across the arts, sports, heritage, health, education, environment, charity and voluntary sectors since The National Lottery began in 1994.
Andy Carter, Senior Winners’ Advisor at The National Lottery, said, “Unfortunately, I can confirm that the ticket-holder did not come forward within the deadline to claim their prize and has now sadly missed out on this substantial amount of money. To avoid this unfortunate situation happening again, I would urge all National Lottery players to check their tickets on a regular basis.
“We tried very hard to find the ticket-holder and it’s a real shame that they have missed out, but there is still one winner – the nation. This money, and all the interest earned over the 180 days, will now go to benefit projects all over the UK funded by The National Lottery.”
