{"id":694395,"date":"2026-01-14T02:05:20","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T02:05:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/694395\/"},"modified":"2026-01-14T02:05:20","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T02:05:20","slug":"welsh-mum-wins-1m-on-scratchcard-after-last-minute-suitcase-decision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/694395\/","title":{"rendered":"Welsh mum wins \u00a31m on scratchcard after last-minute suitcase decision"},"content":{"rendered":"

‘I feel excited, but absolutely still in shock’\"National<\/p>\n

A Welsh mum-of-two has won \u00a31m after buying a scratchcard(Image: Jonathan Hipkiss Photography)<\/p>\n

A Welsh mum-of-two has won a life changing \u00a31m after spontaneously deciding to buy a scratchcard. The woman, in her 40s and from Caerphilly<\/a>. can now buy a new home with her winnings and put money towards her children’s futures.<\/p>\n

The woman, who has not been named, had been shopping at a supermarket when she saw a suitcase on sale near the exit.<\/p>\n

Deciding to buy the suitcase, and choosing to pay for it at the lottery till near the exit, the woman saw a poster advertising the Millionaire Maker scratchcard.<\/p>\n

Trying her luck she bought one but was left in complete shock when she discovered that she\u2019d actually won the top prize of \u00a31m. For money-saving tips, sign up to our Money newsletter here<\/a><\/p>\n

She said: “I feel excited, but absolutely still in shock.<\/p>\n

“Winning for us means that we can upgrade our holidays, buy a new home, and look after our kids by giving them something for the future.”<\/p>\n

Andy Carter, senior winners\u2019 advisor at Allwyn, operator of The National Lottery, congratulated the Caerphilly winner, saying: “What wonderful news for our winner and her family, and what an amazing story.<\/p>\n

“What started off as a discounted suitcase ended up as a life-changing \u00a31m. You never know when it might be you!”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"‘I feel excited, but absolutely still in shock’ A Welsh mum-of-two has won \u00a31m after buying a scratchcard(Image:…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":694396,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5010],"tags":[748,69752,4884,14982,16,15,1764],"class_list":{"0":"post-694395","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wales","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-caerphilly","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-national-lottery","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom","14":"tag-wales"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115891006597822170","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/694395","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=694395"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/694395\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/694396"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=694395"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=694395"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=694395"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}