The winner of a Lotto ticket worth almost €3 million has failed to come forward to collect their prize.

Winners of the National Lottery have 90-days to claim their money and the ticket, bought in Mayo last November, had a deadline of 5.30pm today.

The €3 quick pick was purchased in Tesco, Claremorris, and would have netted its owner €2.9 million.

The money will now go back into the National Lottery coffers, where it will be used for marketing and good causes.

The largest amount that went unclaimed was from a ticket sold in Coolock, Dublin in 2001 to the value of €3.4 million.

The Mayo jackpot is the second largest uncollected amount since the start of the Lotto in 1987.

A Lotto winner has to present the actual ticket to the National Lottery offices in Dublin to collect the prize.

The winning numbers for the Mayo ticket were 7, 8, 18, 28, 35, 39 and the bonus number is 37.