£76,300,000 Euromillions winner is still missing
Someone in England is currently oblivious to the fact that they have won upwards of R900-million in the Euromillions jackpot.
A lucky gambler who bought a Euromillions lottery ticket on 2 November and happened to play the jackpot-winning numbers has still not been found.
The United Kingdom's National Lottery is desperate to find the winner, who is believed to be from the Boston and Skegness area, saying that they are "literally sitting on a fortune".
Search for missing £76.3m EuroMillions lottery winner as prize goes unclaimed https://t.co/a7upMmpRdJ pic.twitter.com/WobC8FSWpc
— Daily Mirror (@DailyMirror) November 15, 2018
The National Lottery's senior winners' adviser Andy Carter says the organisation is keen to give the money away: "We have the champagne on ice and our fingers crossed that the lucky winner comes forward to claim their win.".
The deadline for the mystery winner to claim their fortune is 1 May 2019, after which the winnings (and the interest they generate) will be directed to lottery-funded projects.
Did this person really forget that they bought a lottery ticket or are they just so overwhelmed by the thought of becoming a billionaire that they have gone into hiding?
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