National Lottery ticketholder has just 3 weeks left to claim £3,600,000 prize

A lucky person has won £3.6million on the National Lottery but only has three weeks to claim the prize.

They have had quite a lot of time to come forward already after matching five numbers plus the Life Ball in the Set For Life draw on October 24, 2024 for just £1.50.

The winning numbers from the draw were 2, 11, 29, 37, 45, and Life Ball 6.

This means that the fortunate person has won the largest possible prize available in the Set For Life draw, with the winner matching all five numbers plus the Life Ball.

All we know is that this person is from Sevenoaks, Kent, and has until April 22 to win £10,000 every month for the next 30 years.

The National Lottery has been doing everything in its power to try and find this mystery person.

It has even resorted to taking over Sevenoaks railway station with special announcements, signs and messages on information boards.

Patrick Lisoire, from National Lottery operator Allwyn, said: ‘Sevenoaks station is one of the busiest transport hubs in the district, so it’s possible the lucky ticketholder, or someone they know, is travelling through here.

‘Wouldn’t it be incredible to be able to swap a season ticket for a winning National Lottery ticket.’

Southeastern’s Sevenoaks Station Manager, Jack Heidrey, added: ‘It’s exciting to think that one of our commuters could be the winning ticketholder but maybe doesn’t know it yet.’

Set For Life takes place on Mondays and Thursdays and those who match all five numbers without the Life Ball can still win £10,000 every month for a year, totalling £120,000.

It is not always good news though for people who win the National Lottery.

For example, there are some studies that suggest lottery winners in the US are more likely to declare bankruptcy within three to five years compared to the average citizen.

In the UK Michael Carroll, a bin man who won £9,700,000 on the National Lottery in 2002 – declared bankruptcy nine years later.

But it is not all bad news as an Austrian man pocketed the £200 million EuroMillions jackpot last week.

Some Britons saw £83,000,000 and £65,000,000 jackpots drop into their bank accounts.

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