03/05/2013
£100k NI Lottery Ticket 'Still Unclaimed'
A lottery ticket worth almost £100k is lying unclaimed in Northern Ireland.
Time is running out to claim the Lotto prize, which is worth £92,991, UTV has said.
The ticket was bought in Newtownabbey on 17 April, but if the prize is not claimed soon, the money will go to charity.
The numbers matched are 12, 14, 16, 18, 20 and 33 with a bonus ball of 35.
A spokesman for the National Lottery said they are desperately trying to find the holder of the lucky ticket.
He said: "We're urging everyone who bought a ticket in this area to check their old tickets again or look anywhere a missing ticket could be hiding.
"Try checking in the pockets of clothing, in wallets, bags and down the back of the sofa - someone out there could literally be sitting on a fortune."
To date, 16 people in Northern Ireland have won more than £1m have chosen to go public with their lottery winnings.
(JP/CD)
Time is running out to claim the Lotto prize, which is worth £92,991, UTV has said.
The ticket was bought in Newtownabbey on 17 April, but if the prize is not claimed soon, the money will go to charity.
The numbers matched are 12, 14, 16, 18, 20 and 33 with a bonus ball of 35.
A spokesman for the National Lottery said they are desperately trying to find the holder of the lucky ticket.
He said: "We're urging everyone who bought a ticket in this area to check their old tickets again or look anywhere a missing ticket could be hiding.
"Try checking in the pockets of clothing, in wallets, bags and down the back of the sofa - someone out there could literally be sitting on a fortune."
To date, 16 people in Northern Ireland have won more than £1m have chosen to go public with their lottery winnings.
(JP/CD)
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