A £1 million lottery winner in Cheshire West and Chester has less than a week left to claim their life-changing prize.

The clock really is ticking for the mystery Lotto Millionaire Raffle ticket holder, who must make themselves known by Thursday, January 19.

Andy Carter, senior winners’ advisor at The National Lottery, said: “We’re urging everyone to check their old tickets one final time or look anywhere a missing Lotto ticket could be hiding.

“This life-changing prize could really help to make dreams become a reality for someone out there.”

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

Each week the raffle guarantees to create two millionaires – one on Wednesday and one on Saturday.

The lucky winner from the draw on July 23 last year, who bought their ticket in the borough, has still to check their ticket and claim their prize.

The code is BLUE 3290 4318.

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, more than £30 million for National Lottery-funded projects every week.

In Cheshire West and Chester alone 1,730 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 can call the National Lottery Line on 0844 338 7551 or email help@national-lottery.co.uk

Anyone concerned about lost or unchecked tickets can either set up a National Lottery Direct Debit or play online here.

Numbers can be entered in advance and lucky winners are notified online if their numbers come up.