Island £250,000 prize unclaimed

£250.000 awaits a Thunderball lottery winner in Anglesey

A National Lottery player on Anglesey has failed to claim a midweek Thunderball jackpot of £250,000.

Their ticket matched all five numbers - 1, 10, 12, 18, 31 and the Thunderball 5 - in the 28 September draw.

The ticket-holder has until 1730 BST on 27 March 2006 to come forward.

Fabian Devlin from lottery organisers Camelot said: "This really is a life changing amount of money and we are desperate to find the missing winner and unite them with their prize."

If no-one comes forward with the winning ticket before the deadline, the prize money plus interest will go to the lottery's good causes fund.

Champagne on ice

"Just think of what you could buy with this prize, from home improvements to luxury holidays or a top-of-the-range car," said Mr Devlin.

"An ultra-generous winner could afford to buy every single resident of Anglesey a celebratory drink, and still have change for crisps.

"We have the champagne on ice and our fingers crossed, now we need the ticket holder."

To jog the potential winner's memory, on 28 September the film History of Violence, with Lord of the Rings star Viggo Mortensen, had just opened at the cinema and the Pussycat Dolls were topping the charts with Don't Cha.

Closer to home the same date marked the start of the Anglesey Oyster and Welsh Produce Festival, which was held in Trearddur Bay, while Coleg Menai staged the Beyond a Firm Foundation Art Show.