The National Lottery is hunting for the ticket holder of three identical Set for Life prizes bought in County Durham for the same draw and each worth £10,000 a month for one year.

Lottery players from County Durham, and those who may have visited the area, are now being urged to check and double-check their tickets for the chance to claim the prizes.

The search is now on to find the owner or owners of the winning ticket or tickets, bought in County Durham, who matched the five main numbers in the Set For Life draw on January 9, 2023.

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The winning Set For Life numbers on that date were 7, 16, 24, 29, 31 and the Life Ball was 3.

The lucky ticket-holder or holders has/have until July 8, 2023 to claim their prize or prizes.1 

Anyone not in possession of their ticket, for whatever reason, but who believes they have a genuine claim can still make a claim in writing to Camelot, but it must be within 30 days of the draw.

Camelot’s Andy Carter, Senior Winners’ Advisor at The National Lottery said, “This is incredible. Whether these prizes are one lucky ticket-holder who, for whatever reason, has played the same winning numbers three times or more than one ticket-holder who has happened to have played the same numbers in the same draw, it’s a total of three prizes worth £10,000 a month for one year waiting to be claimed. 

“Did you visit family or friends in County Durham over the festive season or over New Year and buy a Set For Life ticket or are you a Set For Life player who lives in the area?

"We’re desperate to find this or these mystery ticket-holder or holders and unite them with their winnings, these amazing prizes could really make a massive difference to the one, two or three players who have won!”

He added: “We’re urging everyone who bought a ticket in this area to check their old Set For Life tickets again – the easiest way to do this is via the National Lottery app – or look anywhere a missing ticket could be hiding. Try checking in the pockets of clothing, in wallets, bags and down the back of the sofa.

This draw was just after New Year….and what a way to start 2023 these prizes would be.

“We have the champagne on ice and our fingers crossed that the lucky winner or winners comes forward to claim their win or wins.”