A mystery man from the North East has become a millionaire after bagging a EuroMillions prize last month.
A man known as Mr J, from Tyne and Wear, bagged himself £1 million after in the EuroMillions UK Millionaire Maker on Tuesday (April 18).
Interactive winners have the opportunity to release their name, remain anonymous or like Mr J, release some details through partial publicity.
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Andy Carter, Senior Winners’ Advisor at The National Lottery, said, “What incredible news for Mr. J for winning this fantastic prize. He has become a million pounds richer overnight!”
A spokesperson for The National Lottery said he has become one of over eight million players that win each week on The National Lottery’s range of games.
They added: "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.
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"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.
"For every EuroMillions line played, UK players automatically receive a EuroMillions Millionaire Maker code printed on their ticket creating a millionaire in every draw."
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According to The National Lottery, £30M is generated each week for National Lottery-funded projects from these games.
This money helps support everything from the local charity making a difference where you live through to helping our nations' athletes win medals at last summer’s Commonwealth Games.
To date, over £47 billion has been raised for National Lottery Good Causes, with more than 670,000 individual grants awarded.
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