Richard and Debbie Nuttall from Colne in Lancashire have revealed they have won a staggering £61,708,231 share of the £123 million jackpot prize and found out via email while they were on holiday in Fuerteventura, celebrating their 30th wedding anniversary.
Their numbers came in during the draw on January 30th and at first, the couple thought they had won £2.60 and thought nothing else of it until they received another email urging them to check their account again.
“It was the second day of our holiday and I had got up early to finish off a bit of work. I noticed the email from The National Lottery stating that there was exciting news about our ticket”, Richard told the MailOnline.
“I checked OUR National Lottery account and saw the balance had gone up and we’d won £2.60. Fair enough. I shut my laptop, had breakfast and then we set off for the day, driving around the island. We enjoyed the sea views, blue skies and windsurfers before heading back.”
“It was early afternoon when we spotted another email saying we should check our account. I thought it was odd and there must be a glitch in the system to get a duplicate email but I logged in to my account again to check and we were stunned, it said we had won over £61 million!”
“To be honest we couldn't make sense of it. My first thought was it must be a scam or there was some mix-up. I know it sounds crazy but we couldn't think straight. I tried calling The National Lottery's number but my mobile phone signal was poor and the call just kept dropping. So I WhatsApped the family chat group asking for one of our daughters to call us urgently.”
“My youngest came back quickly and we asked her to log into our National Lottery account from the UK and double-check,” explained Richard. “She put in my details and then just kept repeating 'oh my god, oh my god, oh my god!!' It must be real, this was the official National Lottery website we were all looking at.”
The winning numbers in the EuroMillions draw on Tuesday 30th January, were 05, 10, 19, 27, and 30, and the two Lucky Stars were 05 and 06. The jackpot prize was £123,416,462, which was shared between two ticket-holders, one in the UK and the other in Spain.
Back at the hotel, after finally speaking to the National Lottery who confirmed the win was genuine, the pair quickly came to the conclusion that they would fly home and found a flight heading back to the UK the next day.
However, before heading home, the couple headed out for a celebratory dinner, although they discovered they had completely lost their appetite.
Once back on British soil, and as The National Lottery security checks and validation process took place, the couple began to plan how they might enjoy their new found fortune.
