Welsh Lottery Syndicate Wins £25.5m
A syndicate from Neath Port Talbot has won more than £25m on the National Lottery’s EuroMillions draw. The syndicate began playing together after chatting one Sunday morning when they were feeling lucky.
Saturday’s jackpot totalled £25,476,778, which means the six members of the syndicate have collected more than £4m each.
They are expected to appear in public on Wednesday to celebrate their win. Their identities have so far not been revealed.
The syndicate began playing together after chatting one Sunday morning when they were feeling lucky – both Jean and Julie felt they would ‘win big’ one day and maybe become a millionaire.
They play every Friday, bought their winning ticket from One Stop, Sandfields, Port Talbot and their winning numbers were 5, 12, 17, 33, 41 and the two lucky stars were 4 and 9.
Syndicate leader Julie Saunders, 56, of Port Talbot, said: “Dreams really do come true. This win is life-changing for us all and the size of the win is still sinking in. We are all so emotional but very, very happy!
Meet the six syndicate winners
- Syndicate leader Julie Saunders, 56- She was a catering assistant for 12 years, lives in Port Talbot. She has two children and two grandchildren and is desperate to go on holiday to Las Vegas as she has always loved Elvis.
- Doreen Thompson, 56 – She was a catering assistant for 12 years, lives in Ystalyfera, has three children and two step children, lots of grandchildren and wants to go on holiday to Florida.
- Louise Ward, 37 – She was a catering assistant for 12 years, lives in Port Talbot, has two children and is looking forward to her dream wedding in March. As well as the wedding, she is going to buy a new tumble dryer and some new mattresses for the children. Louise has a foam mattress and they keep finding reasons to come and share her comfy bed!
- Jean Cairns, 73- retired from the hospital last year. She was a catering supervisor for 38.5 years, is from Briton Ferry, has three children, and is so excited at the chance to go to Las Vegas and play on the slot machines.
- Sian Jones, 54- was a catering supervisor for 14 years. She has two children and two grandchildren, is from Baglan and is still trying to decide what her first purchase will be as she hasn’t had time to think yet.
- Julie Amphlett, 50, was a catering assistant for 32 years and lives in Neath. She has one child, she says she wants to buy absolutely ‘everything’ – a new house, new handbags, new shoes….
