National Lottery issues plea to Euromillions players and says 'you may not realise'

A National Lottery appeal has been issued for two lucky Brits who might not realise they've won an eye-watering £1 million EuroMillions prize. The winners have yet to claim their life-changing £1,000,000 prizes from last Friday’s EuroMillions UK Millionaire Maker draw.

One of the missing EuroMillions winners bought their winning ticket online and a second missing millionaire bought their ticket in a retail outlet.‌ ‌Andy Carter, senior winners’ advisor at The National Lottery, said: “Imagine being a millionaire and not even knowing it. It’s only been just under a week since the special draw.

"But we’re urging all EuroMillions players to log into their National Lottery account and check their paper tickets to see if they are one of our missing two winners. Why wait to be a millionaire when I could be on my way to meet you tomorrow with your £1,000,000 prize!”

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Players who play Euromillions, which has two draws a week on Tuesday nights and Friday nights, have been urged to check their emails and log into their National Lottery account. National Lottery and Euromillions players are also asked to call the National Lottery Line to claim their prize.

The person who bought their winning ticket in retail should check their paper ticket in store or scan their EuroMillions ticket via the National Lottery app, organisers and bosses have said. Operators have also urged that player to, following this, then call the same line to make their claim.

In the EuroMillions draw of Tuesday, 30 April 2024 there was one winner in France that won the jackpot of 166,790,050.00 euros, so for the next draw the minimum guaranteed jackpot of 17 million euros will be played. In the EuroMillions draw of Friday, 26 April 2024 with a jackpot of 151 million euros, there were no first category winners so a new jackpot of 166 million euros was generated.