As a Sheffield woman, known only as Mrs H, celebrates her £500,000 lottery win by splashing out on a trip with friends, we take a look back over the big prizes won by people from South Yorkshire over the years.
As the slogan goes, ‘you’ve got to be in it, to win it’ – and South Yorkshire has certainly been in the running for some of the biggest-ever lottery prizes.
Sheffield has previously been named as number five on the list of the UK cities which have seen the most lottery winners.
1. All smiles
Lottery winner Michael Turner with wife Lesley and children Emma and Sam at their home in Swangate, Brampton. They hit the jackpot with a £3,089,944 win in April 2003 | Photo: Andrew Partridge
2. Missed bus brings good fortune
Scratchcard Merry Millionaire winner Richard Carr, from Doncaster, celebrates with his mother Sarah Simmons. Richard, who was working as a general assistant at a hotel, told how he had bought the scratchcard while waiting for the next bus after dropping his son home, having missed the bus he was aiming for | Photo: Marie Caley
3. Lucky trip to the Co-Op
Co-op dividend... Thorne woman Susan Waters, aged 58, celebrating her £108,835 Lotto win at the Co-op where she bought her ticket in October 2006 | Photo: Steve Taylor
4. Delighted Deana
National Lottery winner Deana Sampson, who scooped £5.4m on the Lotto in 1996, is seen here returning to Stradbroke Post Office, Sheffield where she bought her winning ticket. She is pictured with postmistress Balwinder Dhillon, who sold her the ticket, in June 2018 when she unveiled a new gold lottery playing point, complete with her lucky hand print for other lottery players to rub | Chris Etchells