As strange as it seems there are literally millions of pounds that go unclaimed on the national lottery. You would think that after all the time and effort that has gone into picking and registering those lucky lotto numbers that the people holding those winning lotto tickets would have claimed the prize money.

Inevitably many tickets get lost, and I guess that accounts for some, but many others probably just get forgotten about. So while there are some people struggling to make ends meet unbekown to them they could be sitting on a fortune that would turn their life around.

The great pity is they only have 180 days to claim their winnings, after that the money will go into a fund for good causes. Of course if they were to have played with our lottery syndicate that would not have happened as they would have been notified be email of mobile phone as soon as the winning numbers had been checked.

This week on the Euromillions one lucky person picked up the jackpot prize of £12,993,000, and the estimated jackpot tonight on the UK Lotto is £4,500,000. There is still just time to pick your lotto numbers if you hurry.