Family man wins £1 million on National Lottery after checking numbers from £2 ticket

A LUCKY Lotto player is celebrating a life-changing win.

A family man from Leeds won £1 million in the Lotto Guaranteed Millionaire Raffle on July 4, part of a special National Lottery draw that created 10 new millionaires.

The winner had played his usual Lucky Dip line.

He said: “I was over the moon thinking I had won £50K… I never imagined it would be £1M!”

“Never in my wildest dreams did I think I would win a prize of this size, but to win on the Lotto Millionaire Raffle is just unbelievable! This sets us up nicely for the future and gives of total peace of mind.”

Abbie Suddick, winners’ advisor at Allwyn, operator of The National Lottery, congratulated the winner.

She said: “Congratulations to our lucky Leeds Lotto winner on his big win. It must have been an amazing experience for him to make that call expecting £50K and walk away a millionaire!

“We are delighted that the new Lotto format is able to create so many millionaires, and hope that this winner and his family enjoy making plans and treating themselves with this newfound fortune.”

Each £2 Lotto line now gives players two chances to win for the same price.