National Lottery issues urgent warning to players as £7.3m prize goes unclaimed

The fortunate winner may not even be aware of their life-changing windfall as it's still possible the winner hasn't checked their ticket or app to discover their new millionaire status.

The unclaimed jackpot would place the winner among Britain's newest lottery millionaires once they verify their winning ticket.

The winning numbers in Saturday night's draw were 10, 26, 33, 53, 57, 59, with the bonus number 18.

Set of balls 5 and draw machine Guinevere were used for the draw.

Andy Carter, senior winners' adviser, said: "What a way to start the month for this lucky Lotto player."

"Players are urged to check their tickets and to give us a call if they think they are tonight's lucky winner."

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However, while someone appeared to pick lucky numbers for the huge prize, there wasn't as much luck for the runners up.

Nobody matched five out of six main numbers plus the bonus to win £1million.

The Lotto HotPicks jackpot also went unclaimed. The £500,000 Thunderball jackpot similarly found no winner.

Following Saturday's unclaimed £7.3million win, Wednesday's Lotto jackpot will be reset.

Players will have another chance at winning with an estimated jackpot of around £2million up for grabs in the midweek draw.

The National Lottery has awarded more than £95billion in prizes and created more than 7,400 millionaires since its launch in 1994.

If unclaimed, the prize money goes to National Lottery-funded projects across the UK.