TIME is fast running out for a Lotto player from Swale to claim their £162,558 fortune.

The ticket holder only has until 5.30pm on Monday before the clock stops and the money, plus interest, will go to the Lotto’s Good Causes fund.

The lucky ticket, which matched five numbers and the bonus ball, was bought for the Lotto draw on Wednesday, October 27 last year. The winning numbers were 9, 11, 21, 39, 40, 46, and bonus number 35.

Camelot spokesperson Fabian Devlin said: “We are desperate to find the missing winner and unite them with this life-enhancing sum of money – just think of what you could buy with this prize, from home improvements to luxury holidays or a top-of-the-range car.

"We are urging everyone to check their tickets again and look in the pockets of coats, in their wallets, in bags and down the back of the sofa.

"There is a lucky winner out there, they just don’t know it, we have the champagne on ice and our fingers crossed."

This is not the first time this year that a Lotto prize in the Swale area, which covers Sittingbourne, Sheppey and Faversham, has gone unclaimed – in January a Lotto jackpot worth £1,544,148 went to the Good Causes.

Contact the National Lottery Line on 0845 910 0000 to claim the prize.