Could you be one of two Oldham millionaire winners?

The National Lottery

Two identical Lotto prizes worth £1,000,000, incredibly from the same area and for the same draw, have yet to be claimed from a ticket or tickets bought in Oldham.

National Lottery players are being urged to check and double-check their tickets for the chance to claim these life-changing prizes.

The search is now on to find the owner(s) of the winning ticket or tickets, bought in the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, with the winning ticket or tickets matching five main numbers and the bonus ball in the Lotto draw on Saturday, 8 August 2020. The winning Lotto numbers on that date were 2, 40, 49, 53, 56, 58 and the bonus ball was 41. The lucky ticket-holder or ticket-holders has/have until 4 February 2021 to claim these two prizes1.  

Anyone not in possession of their ticket, for whatever reason, but who believes they have a genuine claim can still make a claim in writing to Camelot, but it must be within 30 days of the draw.2

Camelot’s Andy Carter, Senior Winners’ Advisor at The National Lottery said, “This is incredible news - one draw, one town and an incredible TWO £1M Lotto unclaimed prizes. We’re desperate to find this mystery ticket-holder or ticket-holders and unite them with their winnings, these amazing prizes could really make a huge difference to somebody’s life. 

“Given the current situation in Oldham, and the wider national situation, we’re encouraging everyone who may have bought a ticket in the area to check their tickets online via The National Lottery website or via The National Lottery App. You can scan your retail draw-based game tickets on The National Lottery App to see if you’ve won a prize. 

“Try checking in the pockets of clothing, in wallets, bags and down the back of the sofa. We have the champagne on ice and our fingers crossed that the lucky winner or winners comes forward to claim their win(s). We’re hoping that we can bring a little bit of cheer to the area with this news and a whole lot more cheer when these prizes are claimed.”

If no-one comes forward with the winning ticket or tickets before the prize claim deadline, then the prize money, plus all the interest it has generated, will go to help National Lottery-funded projects across the UK.

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