National Lottery: Hampshire winner scoops £250,000 on Jackpot Multiplier Purple instant win

The lucky player, known only as Mrs C, bagged the top prize on the ‘Jackpot Multiplier Purple’ Instant Win Game.

Andy Carter, Senior Winners’ Advisor at The National Lottery, said: ‘Huge congratulations to Mrs. C for winning this fantastic prize. She has become £250,000 richer after just a few clicks!’

Players can buy tickets in retail outlets, play online at national-lottery.co.uk or by downloading the National Lottery app. Playing online via the website or app means that your ticket is automatically checked, and you get an email notification if you win a prize. You can also scan your retail tickets on the National Lottery app to check if you're a winner.

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At national-lottery.co.uk, players can buy tickets for all of The National Lottery’s draw-based games including Set For Life, Lotto, EuroMillions and Thunderball. Once they have registered and set up an account, they can also play a range of online Instant Win Games.

The ‘Jackpot Multiplier Purple’ Instant Win Game is available to play on the National Lottery website. It costs £2 to play and offers a 1 in 2.82 overall chance of winning a prize.

Thanks to National Lottery players, more than £30m is generated each week for National Lottery-funded projects. This money helps support everything from the local charity making a difference where you live through to helping our nations' athletes win medals at last summer’s Commonwealth Games. To date, over £47BN has been raised for National Lottery Good Causes, with more than 670,000 individual grants awarded.