The winning ticket was bought in the Stevenage and Hitchin area , north of London . `` Britain was gripped by Olympics fever , with the Games just seven weeks away , and the Queen 's birthday celebrations had seen the Royal Flotilla on the River Thames just the weekend before , '' it says . The ticket - holder has only minutes left to claim a $ 1 million jackpot . The money will go to charitable causes if left unclaimed . The draw was made on June 8 , soon after Queen Elizabeth II 's golden jubilee celebrations .
The winning ticket was bought in the Stevenage and Hitchin area , north of London . The ticket - holder has only minutes left to claim a $ 1 million jackpot . The money will go to charitable causes if left unclaimed . The draw was made on June 8 , soon after Queen Elizabeth II 's golden jubilee celebrations .