NI woman becomes overnight millionaire after winning The National Lottery

A Northern Ireland woman’s life has been changed overnight after she won one million pounds in the Lottery.

The mystery woman, known only as Mrs K from Antrim, won £1,000,000 on The National Lottery after matching five main numbers and the Bonus Ball in the Lotto draw on Wednesday July 17. She says she plans to use her winnings to buy a new car and new house.

The Antrim local, who played a personal selection of sentimental numbers on the National Lottery app, has become one of over eight million players that win each week on The National Lottery’s range of games. Interactive winners have the opportunity to release their name, remain anonymous or like this winner, release some details through partial publicity.

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Andy Carter, Senior Winners’ Advisor at The National Lottery, said: “Wow, what fantastic news for Mrs. K who has become a millionaire overnight! She can now look forward to treating herself to a new car and a new house with her winnings. Huge congratulations.”

Players can buy and check their tickets online by downloading the National Lottery app or at national-lottery.co.uk. Players can also buy and check tickets in retail.

Playing online via the app or website means that your ticket is checked, and you get an email notification if you win a prize. You can also scan your retail tickets on the National Lottery app to check if you’re a winner.

A spokesperson continued: “Whether you play using a Lucky Dip or have your own personal selection of numbers, like Mrs. K, national-lottery.co.uk makes playing simple and easy. By setting up an online National Lottery Direct Debit you can guarantee that you never miss out with the added bonus of having no ticket to worry about or numbers to check.

“At national-lottery.co.uk, players can buy tickets for all of The National Lottery’s draw-based games including Lotto, EuroMillions, Set For Life and Thunderball. Once they have registered and set up an account, they can also play a range of online Instant Win Games.

“By playing any National Lottery game, players generate £30M each week for National Lottery-funded projects. This money helps fund projects across the nation, with over 690,000 grants – supporting projects both big and small – having been made across the UK to date.”

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