Huge £7.5million National Lottery prize is CLAIMED by single ticket holder as another lucky player wins £1million

A LUCKY punter has scooped an incredible £7.5MILLION lottery jackpot – as another bagged an eye-watering £1million.

Allwyn, operator of The National Lottery, confirmed today that it has received a claim for the £7,530,298 windfall.

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The life-changing prize was bagged by a single ticket holder in the Saturday, April 6 draw.

Andy Carter, Senior Winners’ Advisor at The National Lottery, said, “We’re over the moon that this fantastic Lotto jackpot prize has now been claimed. Winning a Lotto jackpot is the stuff that dreams are made of, just imagine the possibilities for this lucky ticket-holder with a whopping £7.5M ready to help turn their dreams into reality.

“We will now focus on supporting this latest Lotto jackpot-winning ticket-holder through the process and helping them start to enjoy their truly life-changing win.”

Saturday night’s draw also saw one lucky player match five main numbers and the Bonus Ball to win £1million.

The Lotto jackpot prize claim now has to go through the validation process to make sure the Games Rules Terms and Conditions were followed.

If the win is valid, the player will be handed their huge cheque at a meeting with one of Allwyn’s Winners’ Advisers.

The ticket holder can decide whether or not to go public.

It follows the first Lotto draw of the month on April 3 which also saw the same £1million jackpot scooped by another single ticket-holder.

HOW TO PLAY

Players can buy and check their tickets online by downloading the National Lottery app or at national-lottery.co.uk.

They can also buy and check tickets face-to-face in stores.

Playing online via the app or website means that your ticket is checked, and you get an email notification if you win a prize.

You can also scan your retail tickets on the National Lottery app to check if you’re a winner.

Earlier this year one couple thought they’d only bagged £2.60 on the lottery – but soon discovered they had scooped the £61million jackpot.

Richard and Debbie Nuttall, both 54, from Colne, Lancashire, took home the life-changing sum in the EuroMillions draw on Tuesday, 30 January 2024.

Meanwhile, a retired couple revealed how they almost missed out on a whopping £57million after their lottery ticket was ripped in half.

Fred, 73, and his wife Lesley Higgans, 63, were stunned after realising they’d won the Euromillions jackpot.

Plus, one woman who took a punt on a spare fiver was stunned when she landed a £1million windfall.

Marlyn Anderson, 70, and husband Ian, 77, turned their left-over change into an eye-watering jackpot after buying a Lucky Dip ticket in the EuroMillions draw.

This post first appeared on thesun.co.uk