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What's the most you/someone you know has ever won on the lottery?

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EllieRosesMammy · 28/12/2024 22:00

Bought 4 tickets on the euros last night and didn't win the £33million jackpot (what a disgrace, I want a refund😂)

What's the most you, or someone you know, has ever won?

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caringcarer · 27/03/2026 04:20

JustAnotherWhinger · 24/03/2026 13:35

When I was young I worked in my uncle’s shop (which was bought years before when his mum & dad won the pools!) a customer won £5 million.

When he was picking his number he asked me to pick two numbers randomly. He came back in after he won and brought my uncle a bottle of champagne and me £500, which was huge as I was still at school. Very kindly he asked my uncle to let him know when I was turning 21 and when I did he made a big show of giving me another £500, but very quietly gave me a new savings account (Isa’s were quite new then) with 5k in and told me if I was sensible it would grow and build. Which it did :)
We kept in touch over the years - his birthday, mine and Christmas - and he left me £2114 when he died a few years ago. Which some people would think was nothing given he was very very wealthy (he was very clever with his win), but I was very touched as 21 and 14 were the numbers I picked.

How very kind of him. He thought of you right up until the end.

Nat6999 · 27/03/2026 04:53

A share of £250k on the Thunderball as part of a syndicate. I was 3 months pregnant with ds, it meant we could have a second car which saved me having to turn out at 9.30pm to pick up exh when he was on afternoons or at 5.30am to drop him off on mornings. I was able to get the house finished ready for when ds was born.

dizzydizzydizzy · 27/03/2026 10:26

Former neighbours won £1million-and-something. They’re still in the same house and carried on with the same jobs, got new cars, did various improvements on their house, I presume paid off their mortgage and other loans. They go on lots of nice holidays and outings.

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