A whopping three individual winners from Essex have won £2,067,507 collectively over three months on The National Lottery, with two winners sweeping the EuroMillions Millionaire Maker Raffle on Friday 31 October 2025.
A third winner has won £67,507 by matching five numbers and the bonus ball on the Tuesday 23 December 2025 draw.
Plans range from new cars, home improvements, and family holidays to starting a business. One £1M winner, a retired male from Thurrock, said: “I never thought it would be me, but you have to be in it to win it!”
Another, a father of five from Chelmsford, said: “I didn’t know what to do with myself the week I won… now I’m coming to terms with it, and thinking of all the holidays we can have. I still can’t fully believe it!”
The third winner, a father of two from near Grays, said: “I am very happy, and still in total shock! I have always been confident I would win one day, and I would like to use the money to start my own business.”
Andy Carter, Senior Winners’ Advisor at Allwyn, operator of The National Lottery, congratulated the Essex-based prize winners, saying, “Three winners from Essex in such a short period of time is very exciting… it must be a lucky place! Congratulations to all our winners, and we wish them all the best with their future plans.”
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