Waterlooville pensioners scoop £1m on National Lottery

A Waterlooville couple have plans to make their 62nd year of married life, and all future years, memorable and fun-filled after landing an amazing £1,000,000 Lotto prize.
Ron and Joan BrumhillRon and Joan Brumhill
Ron and Joan Brumhill

Lucky couple Ron and Joan Brumhill, aged 85 and 81 respectively, who celebrated their 62nd wedding anniversary at the weekend, have announced plans to treat their family and community with their £1m win.

The pensioners scooped the winnings after matching five main numbers and the bonus ball in the Lotto draw on Saturday December 21.

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For the couple, who have three children and three grandchildren, teamwork is the key to their lottery playing. Ron, who was an officer in the Royal Navy for 41 years, always buys the tickets while Joan is in charge of checking, which is exactly what happened just before Christmas.

Joan said: ‘I had a bit of a cough so had stayed at home while Ron popped out to deliver a Christmas card to a neighbour. Sitting down for a cup of tea, and feeling pretty lousy, I decided to check our lottery ticket on my phone.

‘Usually it’s nothing, sometimes a little something so when I saw we’d matched 5 numbers and a Bonus Ball, and we’d won £1M, I couldn’t believe it and just burst into tears of joy.

Known for ‘just popping out’ turning into rather lengthy visits, Joan was forced to wait what seemed like an eternity at home to break the incredible news to Ron.

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Ron said: ‘I walked into the house and Joan was hurrying me in saying “hurry up, quickly we’ve won something big on the lottery”. Not for a second when your wife says that do you dream it would be £1m. But when I checked it online, I saw that Joan was right and we were officially millionaires.

‘About the same time our daughter arrived for a quick visit, followed shortly after by our youngest son who was with us for Christmas, so we were immediately able to share the amazing the news.’

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With their win confirmed and the money in the bank, Ron and Joan are making a few plans for the future. Joan said: ‘We were brought up to save for anything we wanted, whether a new car or simply a rainy day. This win will mean there’s no need for any rainy days but we will still be very careful.

‘Top of our list is helping out our family and that is just the most amazing feeling. They are a wonderful, fun-filled bunch who have already given us so much joy and will continue to do so.

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‘While I gave my car - a two year old Hyundai – to my granddaughter as soon as the win was confirmed, Ron is busy drawing up a shortlist for his new car, although to the untrained eye it looks like a very long list.

‘Meanwhile I’ve got my eye on a new kitchen and would love to take the whole family on a cruise, the Norwegian Fjords currently seems the favourite option.’

Ron bought the couple’s winning ticket from the McColl's, Hambledon Parade, Waterlooville. The Lotto winning numbers were 12, 27, 33, 36, 42, 45 and the bonus ball was 26.

Across the last 25 years, The National Lottery has raised £40b for Good Causes with 565,000 grants made across arts, sport, heritage and community. Players have banked a whopping £73b in prizes and a staggering 5,500 millionaires have been made.

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