A National Lottery winner has admitted to making a "dazed" decision after realising she had won a share of a life-changing £3.6million. Rhian Owen was part of the lucky syndicate of 16 people, many of whom have never met in person but will each claim £212,

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The ‘West Is Best’ syndicate group from Bridgend, south Wales, bagged a whopping £3,613,997 on the EuroMillions – the equivalent to £212,000 each. The syndicate was founded by Rhian Owen, 44, while she worked with colleagues at Bridgend Council. After she left that job she continued the syndicate and posted on Facebook looking for new members.

Let’s rock and roll,” one of the siblings said after his sister called him to tell him about the big win in Maryland.

Birmingham Botanical Gardens (BBG) has been awarded £9.075m from The National Lottery Heritage Fund towards its major restoration - Growing Our Green Heritage to preserve a nationally significant historic botanic garden and save Birmingham’s priceless heritage for future generations.

Top councillors have given the go-ahead to test national lottery interest in a potential major revamp of Lancaster’s City Museum and Maritime Museum.

After a Maryland woman scanned her lottery tickets, she couldn’t sleep — but for a good reason. The human resources specialist was on her lunch break July 7 and stopped by a Baltimore convenience store, where she bought some lottery tickets per the suggestion of a friend, Maryland Lottery officials said in a July 11 news release.

The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) confirmed that the current £50m annual sales limit for society lotteries will remain