£10.6 million Lotto jackpot bought in Bexley goes unclaimed, April 2026

On Saturday 4 October 2025 one ticket matched all six Lotto numbers, 6, 8, 12, 33, 49 and 59, to win a jackpot of £10,633,323. The National Lottery said the ticket had been bought in Bexley, in south-east London.

A National Lottery prize has to be claimed within 180 days of the draw. Allwyn, which runs the lottery, urged anyone who had bought a Lotto ticket in Bexley for that draw to check it, and later described an extensive search for the winner.

No valid claim had arrived by the cut-off on Thursday 2 April 2026, so the jackpot went to the good causes that The National Lottery funds. An Allwyn spokesperson said it was very unusual for a prize that size to go unclaimed.

At the time five other major prizes, worth more than £3.2 million between them, were still waiting for their owners. Three of them were £1 million EuroMillions or Lotto tickets.

Sources

• The Irish News (PA): Lottery ticket holder misses out on £10m jackpot (3 April 2026) (irishnews.com)
• RTÉ News: Lottery jackpot worth €12 million goes unclaimed in UK (3 April 2026) (rte.ie)
• Lottery.co.uk: Lotto results, 4 October 2025 (lottery.co.uk)