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22 May 2024 , 14:55
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Scroll on to read of how winning lotto can be a blessing - and curse
Scroll on to read of how winning lotto can be a blessing - and curse

A MYSTERY National Lottery winner scooped a jaw-dropping £1million overnight.

The Kent player - known only as 'Mr T' - bagged the windfall by matching all five numbers and the Life Ball in the Set For Life draw.

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He now plans to pay off his niggling mortgage after winning big on April 15, KentLive reported.

“What incredible news for these two lucky winners - they have won incredible prizes overnight," Andy Carter, senior winners’ advisor at The National Lottery, said.

"Kent is clearly a very lucky county for National Lottery players."

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The Set For Life draw takes place 8pm every Monday and Thursday.

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It comes after one lucky Thunderball player is yet to claim their £500,000 prize from matching 5+ numbers on December 8 last year - with the deadline for cashing it in swiftly approaching.

The ticket was bought in Redditch, Worcestershire, and the lucky buyer has just days left to claim their reward.

The winning numbers for the December 8 Thunderball draw were 2, 15, 31, 35, 37, and Thunderball 6.

The final date when the winner will be eligible to claim is June 5.

And earlier this week, The Sun reported how a lucky mum who won £83,000 on the People's Postcode Lottery was terrified she could lose it all.

Georgina Riley, 39, a university events coordinator, revealed her shower had fallen off the wall the night before her street in Newthorpe, Nottinghamshire won the jackpot.

Despite her initial elation at the windfall, she admitted: "It feels surreal, I was waiting for Ant and Dec to leap out and say that this isn't real."

Signs of trouble didn't stop there.

"I do get weird feelings," she confessed. "The Northern Lights were over my house on my birthday, and now I've won the lottery."

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She added: "The shower fell off the wall last night. Paul's convinced I pulled it off, but I didn't pull it off."

Georgina revealed the stress-induced chaos leading up to her "surreal" win.

She said: "I changed my outfit four times this morning, I haven't eaten anything, and I almost fainted on the doorstep. Then I realised I hadn't done my nails. It's all been very stressful."

"Paul wants a new car, and my son would like a new pair of trainers. My daughter wants a pot for her earrings. I'd like a new bathroom. The shower fell off the wall last night."

Despite the dark clouds looming over her newfound fortune, Georgina maintained a brave face and laughed off her worries.

She said: "I'd quite like a ride-on lawnmower."

And she'll be going on a family holiday to Dubai, where she'd now "swim with Dolphins, go up the Burj Khalifa, dine at a Michelin-star restaurant" and even rent a yacht.

Down the road, grandma Diane told how she and her husband Paul will be converting his works van into a camper.

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