Every so often, life gives us everyday wins, like a good hair day or arriving on the platform just in time for the early train.
But what does it feel like to win big… Like, lottery-win big?
That’s something People’s Postcode Lottery player Rianna Chapman, 32, experienced last Christmas, when she won a mega £30,000, simply by virtue of her home postcode.
The mum-of-one was blown away when ambassador Jeff Brazier turned up at her front door with a life-changing cheque from their daily Street Prize draw last December.
‘It felt like all of my Christmases had come at once,’ she tells Metro.co.uk. ‘I never win anything – not even the school raffle.’
But Rianna had been playing People’s Postcode Lottery for less than a year before her Worthing postcode was drawn in the December street prize draw last year, to make her one of five residents in the same street to win big.
People’s Postcode Lottery is a £10-a-month subscription lottery where players who use their postcode to sign up are automatically entered into every prize draw, with one winning postcode announced every Saturday and Sunday.
Not only has Rianna been able to take her nine-year-old son Leon on the holiday of his dreams to Disneyland Paris with the winnings, but the office administrator has finally been able to start saving for her first family home.
‘I was shaking when I found out how much I’d won,’ Rianna recalls. ‘Sometimes you win £10 and £20 prizes on People’s Postcode Lottery, but £30,000 was unbelievable.
‘I’ve never had this kind of money before and I knew what a difference it would make to my family. I was on the verge of tears, ringing everyone I knew to share the good news.’
Straight away, Disney fan Rianna booked the trip of a lifetime with her partner Ollie, 33, to Disneyland, where they celebrated son Leon’s birthday.
She says: ‘Every year, I try to put a little money aside for family holidays in Devon, Cornwall and Isle of Wight, but I’ve always dreamed of taking my son on a special holiday abroad.
‘It felt so special to treat my sister and her children as well since I knew that we would never have been able to afford a big family holiday like this.’
After the initial excitement, Rianna made some long-term plans for the remainder of her winnings.
‘Spending it was a lot of fun,’ she says. ‘But I was sensible with my winnings, too. I was able to put a further £20,000 into savings so we can buy a house one day, which is something I never thought possible.’
In 2019, as much as £150million in prizes have been won by to People’s Postcode Lottery players.
December is a particularly lucky month for some, because every single day one winning postcode is announce, where players of People’s Postcode Lottery could win £30,000, just like Rianna and her neighbours.
Aside from going towards incredible cash prizes, players having raised a staggering £486 million for good cause to date.
‘Signing up was so easy,’ says Rianna. ‘You don’t need to pick any numbers or go out and buy a ticket every week, you just sign up with your postcode, for a small monthly fee and you’re in with a chance of winning something.
‘I love that the ticket price goes towards good causes, too. All of my family and friends play now.’
Every day in the December draws players will win £30k. Join in by midnight on 21 November to play in the December draws. Terms and conditions apply*
*£10 to be entered into all draws, paid monthly in advance. Winning postcodes for the December draws announced daily from 7 December to 10 January. Estimated max possible ticket prize in the December millions draw is £189,000, which is 10% of estimated draw proceeds. People’s Postcode Lottery manages 20 draws per month across multiple lotteries for good causes who receive a minimum of 32% of each ticket sale. To find out draw dates, which good cause promotes and benefits from each draw, and the relevant prizes, see Prize Draw Calendar at www.postcodelottery.co.uk/good-causes/draw-calendar. Not available in NI. Conditions apply. Postcode Lottery Limited is incorporated in England and Wales and is licensed and regulated by the Gambling Commission under licences 000-000829-N-102511 and 000-000829-R-102513. Registered office: Postcode Lottery Ltd, Titchfield House, 69/85 Tabernacle Street, London, EC2A 4BD. Company reg. no. 04862732. VAT reg. no 848 3165 07. Trading address: 28 Charlotte Square, Edinburgh, EH2 4ET. © 2019 Postcode Lottery Ltd.
source https://metro.co.uk/2019/11/05/this-is-what-its-like-to-win-the-lottery-by-someone-who-actually-did-10849333/
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