ONE woman who won £83,000 on the People’s Postcode Lottery refused to believe her luck until she saw the camera crew.
Lucky winner Michaela Jones says she’s in a once-in-a-lifetime trip to Australia for the British & Irish Lions Tour after the jackpot.
Michaela scored the windfall with 10 neighbours in Nantymoel, Wales, after CF32 7SU won the lottery’s weekly £1M Millionaire Street prize.
Every ticket was worth a whopping £83,333 with one winner doubling their prize to £166,666, thanks to playing with two tickets.
The buzzing winner said: “It’s felt like a dream. I was waiting for the rug to be pulled from underneath me, to be honest.
“Until I saw the camera crew, I didn’t believe it.”
The mum-of-two is now planning a trip next year to see the combined British Isles team take on the Wallabies.
Michaela, who makes parachutes for a living, has fibromyalgia and made the decision to cut her hours to part-time recently leaving the trip in the balance.
She said: “Fibromyalgia affects my whole body and because the parachutes are heavy and I stand most of the day, I cut my hours back. Thankfully, my company have been brilliant with me, I can’t wait to tell them.
“We were planning on going to Australia next year for the rugby, that might be back on the cards.”
Michaela and her groundworker husband Rob are planning on helping their 24-year daughter with house renovations and will all go to a Liverpool FC match.
She’ll also likely be shouting something for her colleagues at the parachute factory.
“My work family at the factory will be over the moon. They’ve been checking on the Postcode Lottery website all week to try and suss out how much I might win.”
Another winner, Grant Williams, hopes to take his first-ever flight in first class after winning his share of the prize.
He said he’s now dreaming of adventures abroad with his wife Katrina as a result.
Born and bred in Nantymoel, Grant has never wandered too far from his beloved home, but now he’s set to see the world.
He said: “I’ve never been abroad, I’ve never been on a plane.
“I’m going to have to sort that out now and first class is even an option now.”
For just £12 a month, players can sign up through the official website to have a chance of winning millions of pounds.
Once signed up, players are automatically entered into every draw and prizes are announced every day of each month.
Tickets play for the Daily Prize, worth £1000 and revealed every single day.
Tickets could also win a jackpot of £30,000 for Saturday and Sunday’s Street Prize draws.
People’s Postcode Lottery also offers a £3million Postcode Millions draw each month – where your ticket plays for a share of the cash prize fund.
Winners are notified by email, text, post, or phone call, depending on the prize they win.
Jackpot winners are visited by the lottery team in person.
STRICTLY Come Dancing pro Nadiya Bychkova has expressed her upset after getting eliminated from tonight’s show alongside Tom Dean.
The Olympian got the boot after head judge Shirley Ballas opted to save Toyah Wilcox instead – sparking outrage amongst fans.
Breaking her silence after the news, she wrote: “I really appreciate all the messages but I’m not ready to talk about what happened tonight just yet.”
Her former partner on the show Dan Walker was also furious at the decision and shared his own post.
He wrote: “What just happened on Strictly feels a bit messed up.
“@tomdean00’s departure will go down as one of THE early shocks. Lovely bloke who really could have become a great dancer. He looked like he was loving every second of it and @nadiyabychkova looked like she loved teaching him.
“I’m not an expert – and I’m happy for someone to explain – but how he lost that dance off is completely beyond my comprehension. Genuinely thought they could have gone a long way.”
Tom himself shared both posts, before commenting on the journey himself.