THE owner of a winning £2.7m National Lottery ticket has come forward - six weeks after the search was launched to find the new millionaire.
In April Camelot UK Lotteries Limited, operator of The National Lottery, launched an appeal for people in South Lakeland to check their tickets for the life-changing sum of money.
This morning they announced that the £2,735,852 jackpot prize from the Lotto draw on March 28 had been claimed.
Unless the winner opts to take full publicity, no further information will be released about their win.
A National Lottery spokesperson said: “We’re delighted that the winner of this amazing prize has now come forward and we hope that they will enjoy their win.
"It would have been awful if the ticket-holder had missed out on this substantial and life-changing amount of money. We would like to remind all National Lottery players to check their tickets every time they play.”
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