The winning ticket was bought in September 2002

The mobile sofa is on view in Morpeth, where people are being urged to search furniture for missing tickets.

The mystery holder has two weeks to come forward and claim what is so far the second-largest lottery fortune yet unclaimed.

The ticket is worth �2,928,214 after it matched the numbers in the Lotto draw of Saturday, 14 September.

If it is not claimed the money will go to good causes.

Adrian Mann, regional manager of Lotto operator Camelot, is travelling around Morpeth and Tynedale on the mobile sofa to remind people to check and see if they have the valuable slip.

'Security matter'

Camelot has refused to identify the shop where the wining ticket was bought.

Mr Mann said the decision was a matter of security, even though he admitted it would help in the search for the missing winner.

The winning numbers on the ticket are 8, 14, 24, 27, 29, and 32.

The largest unclaimed amount stands at �3,011,065 and was bought in south Hertfordshire in September 2000.