A MYSTERY Lotto winner from Cornwall, has become a millionaire after playing the numbers his late father used to play.

The man, known only as Mr S, won £1,000,000 by matching five main numbers plus the Bonus Ball in the Lotto draw on Wednesday, September 30. The lucky man won thanks to a special set of numbers his late father used to play.

Mr S played the very personal selection of numbers via the National Lottery app, which led to his life-changing win.

The lucky Cornwall resident has become one of over eight million players that win each week on The National Lottery’s range of games. Interactive winners have the opportunity to release their name, remain anonymous or like this winner, release some details through partial publicity.

By playing any National Lottery game, players help to raise an average of £30M every week for National Lottery Good Causes across the UK. This money helps support arts, community and charity, heritage, education, environment and the sport sectors – everything from the local charity making a difference where you live through to helping our nation’s athletes win Olympic and Paralympic gold medals. To date, more than £41BN has been raised and distributed to National Lottery Good Causes through more than 565,000 individual grants.

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