I've won the lottery!

[DilemmaDelilah]

I've won the lottery! Well I've received an email to say I've won a prize. However, the National Lottery website is down until the end of the day so I'm going to have to wait to see how much I've won.

On doing a bit of googling it seems that for any wins over £50k they call you, so I'm guessing I haven't won the millions. My guess is £4.32, but it would be very nice indeed it it was £50k. I'm already spending it in my mind.....

Any small amount if you buy your ticket via their app. They just say you've won a prize, then you have to log in to see how much, so there's a suspenseful few minutes thinking you're a millionaire until you find you've won a free lucky dip, or £3!!!

I'm the same with scratchcards. I leave them on the side for a few days/ week and imagine that I'm Schrodinger's millionaire. I left one last time for a week, won £4! Go me!

Can I ask if it made a difference to your life, good or bad.

I know one lottery winner, she won a life changing amount. Moved to be near the coast, I kept in touch for a while. She said she wished she had never won the money, it split the family up.

Goods luck op!

Almost wish I hadn’t seen this thread - makes me wish I could win! I know exactly what I’d do (with more than £2.40 I mean).
Good luck OP!

@TheCountessofLocksley

Desperate to know - Lucky Dip? Or did you select the numbers?

I won £25 (ATH) on Set for Life the other day.

Felt like I’d hit the jackpot, given my previous wins of £5 and £2.40…

I can’t wait to see how much you’ve won 😂 too invested

I recall the first time I got one of those lottery win emails. It was around 2018, and I too couldn't access the website until the next day. I hadn't known that you received that email even for the smallest of wins. I assumed it was only for huge wins.

I couldn't sleep all night, and was working out how to tell my son and partner, who were both at home. I was SO excited. Imagined how I was going to tell my horrible boss to go f himself. So imagine my horror in the morning when I saw I'd won £2. 😂

So yes, they will email you for the tiniest amount.

Husband got the email last night. We’ve spent all day talking about how we’d spend it. I hope it stays offline for ages, it’s been so fun!

25 years ago I won just under £1K with 5 numbers on Lotto. I think that prize is often higher, maybe a few thousand, but quite a few people got 5 numbers that week.

It bought me a very nice Cyprus holiday so I was really pleased .... however, the feeling I had when checking the result between matching the 5th number and before, unfortunately, NOT matching the 6th was quite extraordinary as in that split second of ignorant bliss I felt on the cusp of my life changing forever and the adrenalin kicked in big time - and the reality of disappointment was rather crushing for a while.

Ah well ....

I don't do the big Lottery, but do buy a £1 (not even £2/£5) Instant every few weeks, spending about £10 before I win anything (usually £1). By then, I've forgotten the expenditure, and am thrilled witless... Sigh.

Literally me with every lottery draw, dreaming of the wins is a nice distraction from doom scrolling the news etc. I search Rightmove, plan renovations, have a list of beneficiaries I’d give to. One day…

Oh come on, come on, I want to know how much it is 😂😂😂

A lucky dip
can’t imagine having regular numbers, imagine if you forgot one week 😱

I win £1996 in 1996 which pays for a very nice holiday at the time

@TheCountessofLocksley if the win was 10 years ago what percentage have you spent of the money so far if you don’t mind me asking? Is the interest enough to live off? I have many questions 😆😁

🌷🌷🌷 Lucky Dip it is!!

I hope the win improved your life.

Congratulations! Put half of whatever it is in savings (S&S ISA!!!!)

i won three pounds on scratch cards after buying two of them so I'm one pound up! The scratch cards have the best odds of winning and are instant so they are my favourite and they support the Olympics!

it did …..and my DC too, thank you.
my local food bank received a BIG boost too. I volunteer with them and the interest from the money I donated is really helping lots of families. I could never have dreamt of doing anything on that scale before

I hate those emails . The expectation kills me lol

Me too and the app and website are down and am also currently abroad…we could both be waiting for millions 😁

It’s nail biting waiting…

I’ve won the postcode lottery twice…a £5 M&S voucher and a £5 Greggs voucher 😆 it costs about £13 a month to play

@TheCountessofLocksley

That’s amazing. It sounds like the winning numbers found its way to the right person!!

I won 6 quid on the horses over the weekend. I do 10p doubles on 7 horses every Saturday and 3 came in.