THE winner of the £14 million unclaimed lottery jackpot has come forward and taken their prize but wishes to remain anonymous.

On Friday, Lotto bosses revealed the winning ticket from April 14 featuring numbers 1, 3, 22, 32, 38 and 44 was bought somewhere in Wiltshire.

It was the biggest prize ever to go unclaimed and lottery bosses were so desperate to trace the winner that they took the unprecedented step of releasing details of the ticket after only 15 days.

A National Lottery spokeswoman said: "We can confirm that the winning ticket was bought in Wiltshire but we cannot say whether that person is from Swindon because they have requested anonymity. The person just hadn't checked their ticket, that's why they didn't claim their prize sooner.

"When they did check it, they were obviously pleasantly surprised!"

Lottery prizes may be claimed up to 180 days after the draw, which meant the ticket holder would have had until October 11 to claim the cash.

Any money not claimed is donated to good causes.

Last weekend, 58-year-old grandmother Sybil Lee from Highworth scooped £2.8 million. Since the Lottery was launched in 1994, there have been 11 jackpot winners in the Swindon postcode area.