By Sammy Jones-
A winning Euromillions lottery winning ticket in the UK remains unclaimed and the lucky winner has until midnight to claim the life changing sum.
National Lottery players should check their tickets to avoid missing out on a life-changing £1 million prize.
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The National Lottery has released details of the winning ticket, including where it was bought and the winning numbers – here’s what we know.
The winning ticket was drawn on August 15, 2025 in draw number 1868 and the ticket was bought in Birmingham.
The winning ticket has the code VLPL28287 on it and the winner must claim the prize by midnight tonight (February 11).
Players choose five numbers between one and 50 and two Lucky Stars between one and 12.
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A line of numbers costs £2.50 (including entry into the UK Millionaire Maker) and draws take place on Tuesday and Friday each week.
You can play online and add your line/s of numbers – either choose your numbers, picking whichever numbers you would like or choose Lucky Dip so you get randomly selected numbers
Lottery winning ticket holders have up to 180 days (around six months) from the draw date to claim their prize before the National Lottery will pull the prize money.
If the winner fails to come forward before the deadline, the National Lottery will donate the prize plus any interest on it to its good causes across the UK.
Currently, there are at least six major winning tickets still waiting for their owners
It includes a £10.6 Million lotto jackpot-winning ticket from the 4 October 2025 draw, purchased in the London Borough of Bexley. The deadline to claim is 2 April 2026.
A£1m ticket from the 15 August 2025 draw bought in Birmingham. The deadline is 11 February 2026.
A £1m lotto ticket from the 1 November 2025 draw, bought in South Gloucestershire. Deadline: 30 April 2026.A £1 Million EuroMillion from the 4 November 2025 draw, bought in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole with a deadline 5 May 2026.
A set For life (£10k/month for a year) from the 16 October 2025 draw, bought in West Dorset. the deadline being
While the exact number of individual “winning tickets” is difficult to track due to millions of small-tier prizes (e.g., £2 or £5 wins), the financial scale is significant
Typically, between £100 million and £150 million in prize money goes unclaimed across all National Lottery games each year.
Over the last five years, it is estimated that over £600 million in total prize money has been forfeited to National Lottery Good Causes because the 180-day window expired.
The “Big Misses”: Since 2020, several million-pound prizes have expired, including a £1 million EuroMillions UK Millionaire Maker prize from a draw in late 2024 that went unclaimed in mid-2025
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