My wife won’t let me splash £250k lotto jackpot on lifelong dream unless I meet strict condition – she’ll never stop me
A WIFE has told her husband he won’t be spending his £250,000 lottery winnings on his dream car unless she gets a treat of her own.
Brian Lewis, 65, landed the whopping jackpot after his street was selected in the latest Postcode Lottery draw.
The dad from Alderney Avenue, Poole, said: “I’ve always wanted a Range Rover, so I will be getting myself one.
“I’m not quite sure what type or where, but I’ll definitely be getting a Range Rover.”
His wife, Chris, quickly joked that if Brian was getting a Range Rover, she should enjoy a luxury mini-break with the new cash.
The retired care home manager said: “I might take a friend to the spa for a weekend spa break.”
The pair, who have been together for 17 years and have five children between them, are also eyeing up a trip to South Africa.
Chris said: “The first thing will be a holiday to relax and think about what we’re going to do with it.
“What I really, really, want to do is a safari. I’d love a safari.”
Brian, who runs his own training company, added that his son might be able to help with the holiday planning.
He said: “My middle son works for Virgin Airlines so I should be taking some advice off him.”
The life-changing win comes after a tough few years of ill-health for Brian.
The training company owner revealed that he had been hospitalised numerous times with pneumonia and Covid, and had even developed sepsis following ten days in intensive care.
After hearing the news of their enormous win, the couple admitted they were in shock.
Brian said: “I feel absolutely stunned – quarter of a millionaire!
“I might just sit and have a cup of coffee and take it on board.”
Chris echoed: “No! Oh my god. Is that really real?”
A neighbour on the street, Amy House, revealed she had also landed the £250,000 prize.
The NHS worker said: “Oh my goodness! Is this a dream? I told myself it might be ten, twenty, thirty maybe… I never expected six figures.”
She added that she was planning on buying a family campervan with the winnings, as well as visiting her brother in California.
The Postcode Lottery, which awards a portion of its ticket sales to local charities, also gifted £70,000 to the Poole Communities Trust.
The happy news comes after another lottery winner, aged 24, revealed he had won £3.6 million in the lottery – but hadn’t told a soul.
What are my chances of winning the lottery?
EVERYONE wants to know how to beat the odds and win the lottery.
But unfortunately, the lottery is a game of luck and there are no tips or tricks that can guarantee you’ll take home a top prize.
The odds show how likely you are to win any particular prize – the lower the number, the better the odds.
For example, odds of 1 in 10 are better than odds of 1 in 100 or 1 in 1,000.
There are several major lottery games in the UK including Lotto by the National Lottery, Camelot’s EuroMillions and Thunderball.
Chances of winning the Lotto
Lotto by the National Lottery is a game where you pick six numbers from 1 to 59. You can play up to seven lines of numbers on each slip.
The game costs £2 to play per slip.
The odds of winning any prize on the Lotto are 1 in 9.3.
But to win the jackpot on the Lotto, the odds are considerably slimmer.
To bag the top prize, you need to have six matching balls. The odds of doing this and scooping the jackpot are currently 1 in 45,057,474.
The next highest prize of £1,000,000 is for getting five main matching balls plus the bonus ball.
The odds of taking home the million-pound prize are 1 in 7,509,579 – far higher than the jackpot, but still unlikely.
The odds of taking home £1,750 for getting five main numbers without the bonus ball are 1 in 2,180, while you have a 1 in 97 chance of bagging £140 for getting four main numbers.
Your chances of taking home £30 for getting 3 main numbers are much better at 1 in 97.
And you have a roughly 1 in 10 chance of getting a free lucky dip for 2 matching numbers.
Chances of winning the EuroMillions
The EuroMillions costs £2.50 to play and is open on Tuesdays and Fridays.
To play, you must pick five numbers from 1-50 and two “Lucky Stars” from 1-12. Players with the most matching numbers win the top prizes.
Your chance of bagging the EuroMillions jackpot is even slimmer than winning the top Lotto prize.
This is because it generally has higher jackpots on offer, meaning it attracts more attention.
Currently, the odds of matching five numbers and two lucky stars – the top win – stand at 1 in 139,838,160.
The average jackpot prize is £57,923,499, according to EuroMillions.
The odds of winning the second top prize for matching 5 balls and a lucky star, which is typically around £262,346, are 1 in 6,991,908.
The chances of taking home the third prize for five matching balls, with an average payout of £26,277, are 1 in 3,107,515.
For four matching balls with two lucky stars, it’s 1 in 621,503, and for four balls with one lucky star, it’s 1 in 31,076. These come with an average price of £1,489 and £95, respectively.
Chances of winning the Thunderball
Thunderball is another game run by the National Lottery where you pick five numbers and one “Thunderball”. It costs just £1 to play and you can enter up to four times a week.
The jackpot of £500,000 for matching five balls plus the Thunderball is 1 in 8,060,598.
Your odds of bagging the next highest prize of £5,000 for matching five balls is currently 1 in 620,046, while the chances of winning £250 for four balls plus the Thunderball is 1 in 47,416.
You have the best chance of winning £3 for matching the Thunderball, with odds of 1 in 29.