A WINNING lottery ticket with a £1m bought in Durham City has gone unclaimed.

Camelot UK Lotteries has today (Friday, April 29) announced that the Millionaire Raffle prize from the Lotto draw on October 31 has remained unclaimed more than 180 days after the draw took place.

For every Lotto line played, players automatically receive a Lotto Millionaire Raffle code printed on their ticket.

The deadline for the ticket-holder to claim their prize was at midnight on Thursday.

As the deadline has now passed the money, plus the interest it earned, has now gone to help National Lottery-funded projects across the country.

A National Lottery spokesman said: “Unfortunately, I can confirm that the ticket-holder did not come forward within the deadline to claim their prize and has now sadly missed out on this amazing prize.

“To avoid this unfortunate situation happening again, I would urge all National Lottery players to check their tickets on a regular basis.

“We tried very hard to find the ticket-holder and it’s a real shame that they have missed out, but there is still one winner, the nation.”