Winners' gallery

A couple from Luton are beating their post-holiday blues by banking a massive £10,784,075 Lotto Double Rollover jackpot from Wednesday 8th April's draw.

Martyn White and wife Sandra were finishing off their packing for a week-long Easter break to Italy when they learnt of their National Lottery win on-line. But it took them a while to realise just how much they had won and nearly two weeks before they could hold the cheque for themselves! Martyn explains:

"It was Easter Saturday and we were leaving for our flight at lunchtime so I switched on my computer first thing to double check our flights and to see whether there were any delays. Whilst looking I saw there was an email from the National Lottery saying I was a winner but I assumed we had won a tenner again. I thought lovely - that will go in the holiday kitty. I wasn't going to check but intrigue got the better of me and I logged onto my account. It took me ages to spot the amount and even then I thought the email was wrong - £10.7m was the jackpot prize but how much have I won? Next I checked the winning numbers and recognised them all... it began to dawn on me that it wasn't a mistake and that we really had won!"

Still suspicious it was a prank of some sort, Martyn decided to check the lottery results on six other news and information web sites before he called Camelot to see if it was for real. Later in the morning he watched the Wednesday night National Lottery Draw Show on Catch-up TV and it finally began to sink in. However as they were due to leave for the airport in just a few hours time the money would have to wait for Martyn and Sandra!

Martyn, a sales manager for a vehicle electronics company, hopes to take early retirement whilst Sandra plans to swap her pastoral role at her local school for that of interior designer once they have found their dream home. "We are hoping to buy something nearby as we have lived here all our life and have lots of friends locally. I have always wanted a swimming pool and can't wait to start planning the interior decoration of our new pad when we find it."

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Graham and Fiona Forrest, from Kendal in Cumbria, are celebrating their online luck after winning a Lotto Double Rollover share.

Brian and Joan Caswell from Bolton have jumped into third place in The National Lottery Rich List after winning a staggering £24,951,269.40 on EuroMillions.