Mystery Devon woman becomes overnight millionaire after National Lottery win

A mystery woman from Devon became a millionaire overnight after getting lucky playing the National Lottery. The woman, who is known only as Mrs G, won £1million after matching five main numbers and the Bonus Ball in the Lotto draw back in October.

The Devon local, who played a Lucky Dip via The National Lottery website in the October 16 draw, has become one of over nine million players that win each week on The National Lottery's range of games. Interactive winners have the opportunity to release their name, remain anonymous or like this winner, release some details through partial publicity.

Andy Carter, senior winners' advisor at Allwyn, operator of The National Lottery, said, "Amazing! What exciting news for Mrs. G, who has become a million pounds richer overnight. Huge congratulations!"

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

The National Lottery is celebrating 30 years of changing lives. Since it launched, over 7,200 millionaires have been made and more than £49 billion has been raised for Good Causes with more than 690,000 individual grants awarded. This money supports our nation's heritage, the arts and sport, as well as helping grassroots projects in every local community.