September’s bumper harvest of big winners

The National Lottery created an amazing 29 new millionaires during the first month of autumn as the wins piled up like leaves on a footpath.

Lotto provided a good crop of big winners including 2 lucky players who won an incredible £5MMillion each in the Lotto draws held on 21st and 28th September. Another Lotto player scooped £7.1MMillion on the 10th September draw.

A further 11 Lotto players won £1MMillion each during September – enough to buy an awful lot of potatoes.

There were 2 truly staggering EuroMillions wins in September. A UK jackpot winner saw £110MMillion added to their bank account thanks to the 2nd September draw and another player won a £171.8MMillion UK jackpot on the 23rd September draw.

We met retired teacher Celeste Coles, 69, who chalked up a £3.6MMillion win by matching 5 main numbers plus 1 Lucky Star on her EuroMillions ticket. The first people to hear her amazing news were daughters Rachel, 38 and Nicola, 32. Read more about the family’s incredible story here.

Set For Life’s top prize – £10,000 a month for 30 years – was won by 2 separate players in September. Meanwhile, 5 players made Thunderball rumble by winning the game’s top prize of £500,000.

Instant Win Games fielded some big wins, with 11 players scoring prizes £50,000 or more. Top of the Instant Win Game class was the player who harvested a £1MMillion prize.

September saw 7 players win Scratchcard prizes of £50,000 or more, with 1 autumn ‘scratcher’ landing £1MMillion.

7th October 2022