National Lottery: Two Britons yet to claim Set for Life jackpots after winning top prizes
Two lucky Britons have won life-changing National Lottery Set For Life jackpots – but have yet to come forward to claim their prizes.
The winners are each entitled to £10,000 every month for 30 years, with the combined prizes worth £7.2 million.
The double win is particularly notable as it is unusual to have two top prize winners in the same draw, according to lottery operator Allwyn.
The winning numbers for the February 3 draw were 03, 13, 23, 34, 39 with Life Ball 04.
More than 216,000 people won prizes in the draw, with the National Lottery paying out over £8million to 216,943 winners on Monday.
Andy Carter, Senior Winners’ Advisor at National Lottery operators Allwyn, celebrated the unusual double win.
He said: “What an exciting night for Set For Life players, as we have two top prize winners!
“They can now celebrate winning £10k every month for 30 years.
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“Playing any National Lottery game is more than just a chance to win; it’s a way to contribute to something much bigger!
“Each week, players help generate around £30M for National Lottery-funded projects.”
But despite the substantial sums, Monday’s double winners are still far from matching the National Lottery’s record jackpot.
The record stands at £195 million, which was claimed by an anonymous ticket-holder in 2022.
And the unclaimed pair of winning tickets comes just days after a massive £83.4million EuroMillions jackpot went unclaimed for at least six days.
The delay in claiming the prize from the January 24 draw was “very unusual”, Allwyn said.
The winning ticket, purchased in a shop, matched all five main numbers: 02, 11, 19, 30, 49 and Lucky Star numbers 03 and 08.
Carter said: “I can’t believe there’s one lucky ticket holder out there who hasn’t claimed this incredible EuroMillions jackpot prize – there are 83,474,081 reasons for them to check their ticket straight away.”