Croydon lottery winner risks losing out on £120,000 if they don’t claim winning numbers

A Croydon lottery winner has a few months to collect their spoils, or they will lose it. On April 2 this year the lucky South Londoner won £10,000 per month for a year courtesy of winning numbers: 2, 3, 8, 27, 39, and Life Ball 7.

This means the winner has until Tuesday, September 29, this year to cash in or they will lose their money. Earlier this year, a manhunt was underway after someone in Bexley had an unclaimed £10.6 million having scooped the jackpot on Saturday, October 4.

If a prize is not redeemed within 180 days (around six months) of the draw date, the prize and any interest earned on it will go to benefit National Lottery Projects across the UK. At the time, Andy Carter, Senior Winners’ Adviser at Allwyn, operator of The National Lottery, said: “While it is unusual to get a claim so late, it has happened before but time is ticking. If you played in the Lotto draw on Saturday, October 4, 2025 – check your tickets one final time. We are ready and waiting for that life-changing phone call to come in to us.”

A lucky winner could also be left with eyewatering wealth tonight (Tuesday, June 9) as it’s The Euromillions, where you could get a chance of taking home £150 million. Draws happen every Tuesday and Friday.

How to claim

National Lottery Claiming depends on whether you’ve won online, or via a retail product such as a scratch card. If you’ve been playing online and won up to £30,000 you can claim it in-app.

All you need to do is confirm the card that is linked to your account by following the instructions in your winning message.

This must be done before 11pm on the last day of the claim period.

But if you’ve won big bucks, which in this case is over £30,000 then you need to ring 0333 234 44 33.

Things are slightly different for those playing via retail products.

If you’ve won up to £100 you can claim it in-store, whereas those who’ve won between £500 and £50,000 can be claimed online here . If you’ve won £50,000 and up then you have to ring 0333 234 44 33.

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