EuroMillions: Mystery Surrey woman plans to be mortgage-free after £1m win

A mystery woman, known only as Mrs H from Surrey, has scooped an incredible £1,000,000 prize in the EuroMillions UK Millionaire Maker draw.

She now plans to pay off her mortgage with her winnings.

EuroMillions Millionaire Maker guarantees to create a millionaire in every draw but the special draw on Friday, April 26 saw 10 lucky UK millionaires made in one night including lucky Mrs H.

She also joins Mr P from Cheshire and Mr G from Dorset who won the same prize in the special event draw.

A mystery woman, known only as Mrs H from Surrey, has scooped an incredible £1,000,000 prize in the EuroMillions UK Millionaire Maker draw on Friday, April 26. Picture by SHAUN CURRY/AFP via Getty Imagesplaceholder image
A mystery woman, known only as Mrs H from Surrey, has scooped an incredible £1,000,000 prize in the EuroMillions UK Millionaire Maker draw on Friday, April 26. Picture by SHAUN CURRY/AFP via Getty Images

The Surrey local, who played a personal selection of sentimental numbers on the National Lottery app, has become one of over eight 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 The National Lottery, said, “Wow, amazing news for Mrs H who is one of 10 lucky ticket-holders who became a millionaire overnight in the special EuroMillions Millionaire Maker draw.

“She can now look forward to being mortgage-free. Huge congratulations!”

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

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.

Whether you have your own special numbers, like Mrs H, or prefer to play using a Lucky Dip, national-lottery.co.uk makes playing simple and easy.

By setting up an online National Lottery Direct Debit you can guarantee that you never miss out with the added bonus of having no ticket to worry about or numbers to check.

At national-lottery.co.uk, players can buy tickets for all of The National Lottery’s draw-based games including EuroMillions, Lotto, 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.

By playing any National Lottery game, players generate £30m each week for National Lottery-funded projects. This money helps fund projects across the nation, with over 685,000 grants – supporting projects both big and small – having been made across the UK to date.

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