The winner of a £5 million National Lottery jackpot which had gone unclaimed for two weeks has come forward to claim the prize.

Operator Camelot had launched an appeal to try to find the lucky punter after nobody presented the winning ticket from the draw on Saturday, August 29.

The ticket, bought in the Sheffield area, correctly predicted the winning numbers as 9, 18, 34, 37, 39 and 47.

A National Lottery spokesman said: "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."

The missing winner had until February 25 next year to make their claim or miss out on £4,908,817.

The biggest ever unclaimed jackpot was one of £9.4 million. That ticket was bought in the Doncaster area of South Yorkshire in 2005.

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