National Lottery receives claim for £10,000 monthly prize from Croydon ticket

The operator of the National Lottery confirmed it received a claim for a Set For Life prize of £10,000 a month for one year. The ticket was purchased in Croydon, south London, and matched the five main numbers drawn on April 2 along with the Life Ball.

The claim will now undergo a validation process that checks compliance with the game rules and terms. Subject to successful validation, the prize will be paid during an appointment with one of the operator's winners' advisers.

Prize details and next steps The ticket-holder will decide whether to go public.

No information on whether the winner is an individual or a syndicate will be released unless the ticket-holder chooses to share it. A senior winners' adviser at the operator said the company was "delighted" the missing winner had come forward and would support the ticket-holder through the process.

Recent context The claim follows a separate Set For Life win in Poole, Dorset, where the ticket-holder, a family man in his 30s, said the monthly payments would reduce pressure on his household and help fund a new property and vehicle. The National Lottery has awarded more than £102 billion in prize money since 1994 and continues to raise about £33 million each week for good causes across the United Kingdom.