West Midlands mystery man becomes an overnight millionaire with huge National Lottery win

A West Midlands man known only as Mr R has won £1,000,000 in the National Lottery. He matched five main numbers and the Bonus Ball in the Lotto draw on Wednesday 26 June.

Mr R, who played a personal selection of random numbers via the National Lottery website, is now one of more than eight million players who win every week across the National Lottery range of games. Interactive winners have the option to reveal their name, remain anonymous or, like Mr. R, reveal some details through partial publicity.

Andy Carter, Senior Adviser to National Lottery winners, expressed his excitement at the winner, saying: “Wow, what an incredible win for Mr R who has become £1 million richer overnight. Huge congratulations!”

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Players can buy and check their tickets online by downloading the National Lottery app or visiting national-lottery.co.uk. Tickets can also be purchased and checked at retail stores.

Playing online via the app or website ensures that your ticket is verified and you receive an email notification if you win a prize. Retail tickets can also be scanned in the National Lottery app to check if you’re a winner.

Whether you play using a Lucky Dip or have your own personal selection of numbers like Mr. R, national-lottery.co.uk makes playing simple and easy. By setting up a National Lottery direct debit online, you can ensure you never lose, with the added bonus of not having to worry about a physical ticket or checking your numbers.

At national-lottery.co.uk, players can buy tickets for all National Lottery draw-based games, including Lotto, EuroMillions, Set For Life and Thunderball. Once they have registered and an account is set up, they can also engage in a variety of online Instant Win games.

By taking part in any National Lottery game, players contribute £30 million each week to National Lottery funded projects. This funding helps projects across the country, with over 690,000 grants supporting projects large and small being distributed across the UK to date.

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