Urgent hunt for mystery Wolverhampton £500k Thunderball winner - check your coat pockets!
National Lottery are on the hunt for a player from Wolverhampton has won £500,000 - but is yet to claim it.
A search is underway for a mystery winner who bought a Thunderball ticket in Wolverhampton worth an incredible £500,000.
The ticket for the draw on Friday 27 March 2026 matched all five main numbers - 2, 4, 8, 11, 23 – and the Thunderball number 5, scooping the half a million-pound jackpot prize.
The lucky ticket-holder has until 23 September 2026 to claim their prize.
Andy Carter, Senior Winners’ Adviser at Allwyn, operator of The National Lottery, said, “We are urging anyone who lives in the Wolverhampton area or was passing through the city and bought a ticket for the 27 March draw to find their ticket.
“Look in the pockets of clothes you might have been wearing at the time, in bags and wallets or in the glovebox of the car.
“Tell your friends, ask your family – think back to what you were doing that week. Is it in a pile of receipts and letters you’ve not quite got around to dealing with?
“You could be our missing Thunderball winner sitting on a life-changing sum of money and not even know it.
“We want nothing more than to unite the rightful winner with their prize.”
If no-one comes forward with the winning ticket before the prize claim deadline, then the prize money, plus all the interest it has generated, will go to help National Lottery-funded projects across the UK.
Anyone who has any queries or who believes they have the winning ticket for any of the National Lottery draws within the 180-day deadline should call the National Lottery Line on 0333 234 5050 or email [email protected].
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