A £2million lottery win in East Lancashire remains unclaimed despite an appeal last week.

As revealed in the Lancashire Telegraph, the search is on to find the lucky individual who matched all six numbers in the Wednesday, October 21 draw.

National Lottery chiefs at Camelot said that despite pleas last week for players to search their memories, pockets and the backs of their sofas, no-one has yet come forward to claim the windfall.

The winner’s prize is £2,059,106. The ticket was bought in Hyndburn but more specific details such as the date the ticket was purchased and the vendor are being kept under wraps.

A Camelot spokesman said they could not even reveal which town in the borough the ticket was sold in, under strict rules to protect the identity of the winner.

Information on where and when the ticket was bought will also be used by the company to sort out genuine claims from hoaxes.

A spokesman for Camelot said: “We are desperate to find this mystery ticket holder and unite them with their winnings.

“We’re urging everyone to check their old tickets again 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: someone out there could literally be sitting on a fortune.”

The winning lotto numbers on the missing ticket are 6, 12, 16, 19, 33 and 44 and the lucky ticket-holder has until 5.30pm on Monday April 19, 2010, to make their claim.

If no-one comes forward with the winning ticket before the prize claim deadline, then the money, plus all the interest it has generated, will go to the Good Causes fund, adding to the £23 billion already raised through sales of lottery tickets since the National Lottery launched in November 1994.

East Lancashire’s representative with the National Federation of retail Newsagents, Suleman Khonat, said the win could boost the shop which sold the ticket, once all the details are revealed.

He said: “Some people think some shops are luckier than others and it could even encourage more people to play the lottery.

“It would be very nice to discover you are sitting on a ticket worth that much money.

"Definitely worth having a look around.”