The winning ticket was bought in the Stevenage and Hitchin area , north of London . A spokesman for Hertfordshire Police said they were aware that a number of people had been affected by the scam, but he could not confirm how many tickets had gone missing. The money will go to charitable causes if left unclaimed . `` 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 draw was made on June 8 , soon after Queen Elizabeth II 's diamond jubilee celebrations .
The winning ticket was bought in the Stevenage and Hitchin area , north of London . A spokesman for Hertfordshire Police said they were aware that a number of people had been affected by the scam, but he could not confirm how many tickets had gone missing. The money will go to charitable causes if left unclaimed . The draw was made on June 8 , soon after Queen Elizabeth II 's diamond jubilee celebrations .