National Lottery: Hunt on for Worcester's £33m winner

Half of the UK’s biggest-ever Lotto jackpot has yet to come forward to claim their prize

An unclaimed lottery ticket worth £33 million - half of the UK's biggest-ever Lotto jackpot - was bought in Worcester but has yet to be claimed (PA)

Over the years Worcester has been known for its beautiful cathedral, the site of the last English Civil War battle and, of course, its famous sauce.

But now it appears it could also be home to one of the luckiest – or unluckiest – people in the world, for the winner of £33m, half of the UK’s biggest-ever Lotto jackpot, has yet to come forward to claim their prize more than 12 days after the numbers were drawn.

The unusually long delay in claiming prompted Camelot to reveal the city where the ticket had been bought in the hope of encouraging people to check their tickets. The winner now has until 7 July – 180 days after the draw – to come forward or the money will go to charities and other good causes.

The winner can still claim their prize even without their ticket, but it would be up to Camelot whether to pay out. They make a decision based on whether the claimant can state exactly when and where the winning ticket was bought.

Camelot said a “very small” number of people within the company know exactly where the £33m ticket was purchased. The winning numbers were 26, 27, 46, 47, 52 and 58.

Last week David and Carol Martin, a couple from Hawick in the Scottish Borders, were revealed as the winners of the other half of the prize. “If we’d won £50,000 we’d have been dancing round the living room. But £33m is still really unbelievable,” Mr Martin said.