Sussex mum wins £1million in Euromillions Christmas Eve draw: “This win will change my life forever”
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Lizbet Ramus, 55, from Shoreham in West Sussex, whose mum Lavender tragically died from an aneurysm, said a bit of her mum’s fairy dust was at play to ensure her ticked matched the Euromillions UK Millionaire Maker code in the Euromillions Draw.
She said: “We lost mum earlier this year and not a day goes by when I don’t miss her.
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Hide Ad“She was such a thoughtful person and an amazing mum so I can’t help thinking, this is her spreading a little Christmas magic at a time when I really needed it.”
Lizbet had bought a few lottery tickets for the Christmas week draws as a little festive treat for herself, putting them into her purse – one her mum always used – and did not think about them much until Boxing Day morning.
She said: “While it was our first Christmas without mum, we did our best and had a lovely big family feast at my brothers, she would have been so happy for us all.
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Hide Ad“That following morning, Boxing Day, I was sitting in the kitchen with my coffee, and I’ll admit I was feeling a bit down.
“Remembering my lottery tickets, I thought maybe I’d had some luck there, not for a second expecting £1,000,000 worth of luck!
“I used the National Lottery App on my phone and was chuffed when the first ticket won a Lucky Dip.
“Feeling a little more upbeat, I scanned the second and all these noughts appeared.
“I really couldn’t believe what I was seeing.”
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Hide AdHome alone, Lizbet called her brother and asked him for a favour.
Lizbet said: “I’d left my van at Dad’s the night before, so when I called saying I needed a favour, my brother assumed I wanted him to give me a lift to pick up the van.
“I said ‘that’s right but I also need you to check these numbers and tell me I’m a millionaire!’.
“He was on my doorstep five minutes later and then we were both laughing and dancing around the kitchen in celebration that I really had just become a millionaire.”
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Hide AdWhen the kitchen dancing finally stopped, Lizbet rang Camelot to confirm the win and then took a few quiet days to mull over her life-changing win before telling those closest to her, including her son Reggie, 27, and 92-year-old father.
Looking ahead to the future, Lizbet has a few very clear plans.
She said: “There’s no two ways about this, this win will change my life forever.
“I’ll never have to worry about big bills, or whether I can afford to pay for something. “The pressure it will take off me on a day-to-day basis is massive.
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