Arundel resident might be sitting on a £127,000 lottery prize

Arundel residents are being urged to check their lottery tickets after a £127,000 prize winning ticket has gone unclaimed.

The ticket was bought in the Chichester area for the lottery draw on Saturday, July 20.

The National Lottery is urging people to check their tickets -- and their wallets, handbags and down the backs of sofas -- to avoid the life-changing prize money going unclaimed.

The mystery winner matched five numbers and the bonus ball in the Lotto draw. The winning lottery numbers on that date were 4, 10, 29, 32, 34, 40 and the bonus ball was 48. The winner has until 5.30pm on Thursday, January 26, 2012 to claim their prize.

If no-one comes forward with the winning ticket before the prize claim deadline, then the prize money, plus all the interest it has generated, will go to the Good Causes – adding to the £26 billion already raised through sales of lottery tickets since The National Lottery launched in November 1994.

A National Lottery spokesman said: "We're desperate to find this mystery ticket-holder and unite them with their winnings – this amazing prize could really make a huge difference to somebody's life. We're urging everyone to check their old tickets again or look anywhere a missing ticket could be hiding."