Lottery hunts for missing £10.6m London jackpot winner

The winning ticket holder from a £10.6m National Lottery draw is being urgently sought before their prize is withdrawn.

The unclaimed Lotto Jackpot ticket was purchased in Bexley, south-east London, and matched all six main numbers (06, 08, 12, 33, 49, 59) in the 4 October 2025 draw.

The ticket holder has until 2 April to claim their winnings, as players have 180 days to claim their win.

Kathy Garrett, winners' advisor at Allwyn, operator of The National Lottery, said: "We want nothing more than to unite the winner with their life changing prize. We really want to pay this out. We've got the champagne ready."

"It is not that common for a prize of this size to go unclaimed," Garrett added.

She encouraged anyone who bought a ticket in the Bexley area to "check down the back of sofas, pockets or drawers" to cross-check their numbers.

"If it was a lucky dip ticket, people wouldn't necessarily know their numbers," she said. "Someone in the Bexley area is sitting on a £10.6m prize and they don't know it."

Garrett said the National Lottery team would be in Bexley on Wednesday to encourage people to check their previous tickets.

She said if the winner did not come forward before 2 April, the prize pot would be distributed to the National Lottery's "good causes".

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