National Lottery winner was 'getting signs to play on that particular day' before scooping up mega jackpot

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Ed Griffiths

By Ed Griffiths


Published: 29/10/2025

- 18:06

An estimated 20 million people play National Lottery draw games in the UK

A National Lottery winner was "getting signs to play on that particular day" before scooping up the mega jackpot.

The woman, from Buckinghamshire, who has chosen to remain anonymous, won £1million in the National Lottery EuroMillions draw.


She revealed that she had been "getting signs to play on that particular day" and, after being tempted by the large jackpot on offer, she entered the online competition.

To her amazement, she found out that she had scooped up a life-changing total.

Speaking on her winnings, she said: "It feels amazing, not just for myself, but to be able to help other people too."

Andy Carter, Senior Winners’ Advisor at Allwyn, operator of The National Lottery, offered a "massive congratulations" to the prize winner.

He said: "What a wonderful, transformative moment this is for our winner.

"The financial freedom that comes with winning such a huge amount makes such a difference. A massive congratulations."

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A National Lottery winner was 'getting signs to play on that particular day' before scooping up the mega jackpot

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The UK National Lottery EuroMillions draws take place every Tuesday and Friday at 8:45pm.

The draw includes the main prize and the UK Millionaire Maker, which guarantees one UK winner of £1million in every draw.

The Buckinghamshire winner won the raffle, which comes from a unique "Millionaire Maker" code found on every EuroMillions ticket purchased in the UK.

This consists of four letters and five numbers.

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The woman, from Buckinghamshire, has chosen to remain anonymous

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A winning code is selected randomly by a computer system, not from the main ball draw.

An estimated 20 million people play National Lottery draw games in the UK.

The biggest UK EuroMillions jackpot win of all time was an anonymous ticket-holder who banked £195,707,000 in July 2022.

Joe and Jess Thwaite from Gloucester hold second place on the list, and are the biggest-ever publicity winners with a £184,262,899.10 jackpot win in the EuroMillions draw on 10 May 2022.

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Since the National Lottery launched 30 years ago, over 7,400 millionaires have been made

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Since the National Lottery launched 30 years ago, over 7,400 millionaires have been made.

In addition, more than £50 billion has been raised for Good Causes with more than 700,000 individual grants awarded.

Players can buy and check their tickets online by downloading the National Lottery app or on the national-lottery.co.uk website.

They can also take in their tickets at a local booth.

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