THE clock really is ticking for a mystery local lottery winner in Carmarthenshire who has just days left to claim an amazing EuroMillions Mega Friday prize of £1,000,000 plus a ‘Luxury Trip to the Gold Coast’.

Every week EuroMillions UK Millionaire Maker now guarantees to create four millionaires – two on Tuesday and two on Friday – but with the EuroMillions Mega Friday draws, multiple players won a guaranteed £1m plus a once-in-a-lifetime prize.

For every EuroMillions line played, UK players automatically receive a UK Millionaire Maker code printed on their ticket.

The last-ditch search is still on to find the owner of the winning ticket from the EuroMillions Mega Friday draw on 29 July – bought in Carmarthenshire – with the winning UK Millionaire Maker code BRR 888846. The lucky ticket holder only has until Wednesday, 25 January, to make their claim.

With just days to go, National Lottery players are being urged to check and double-check their tickets one last time for the chance to claim this life-changing prize.

Andy Carter, senior winners’ advisor at The National Lottery, said: “Time really is running out for the winner of this prize, but we are still hopeful that someone will come forward at the very last minute to claim the money.

"We’re urging everyone to check their old tickets one final time or look anywhere a missing EuroMillions ticket could be hiding. This life-changing prize could really help to make dreams become a reality for someone out there.”

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.

The National Lottery changes the lives of individuals as well as communities – players raise, on average, over £30m for National Lottery-funded projects every week.

In Carmarthenshire alone nearly 2,700 individual National Lottery grants have been awarded to help projects across the arts, sports, heritage, health, education, environment, charity and voluntary sectors.

With all National Lottery draws, players have 180 days from the day of the draw to claim their prize if they have the winning ticket.

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 0844 338 7551 or email [email protected].