Mother left out of pocket after National Lottery winnings go missing

‘I’m at the point now where it’s not even the money, it’s the principle,’ says peeved winner

A punter fills out a National Lottery ticket in 2008 (Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)

A National Lottery player alleges that she has been left “out of pocket” after her winnings failed to materialise.

Gemma Murray plays the lottery every month with her mother, who won £30 last October after three of her numbers were chosen.

But Ms Murray, from Kirkby, claims that she still has not received the money despite being told she would receive it by early November after withdrawing her winnings from her account on the lottery app.