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  "path": "/news/national-lottery-lancashire-hotspot-jackpot-wins",
  "publishedAt": "2026-02-27T23:12:07.000Z",
  "site": "https://www.gbnews.com",
  "tags": [
    "National Lottery winner reveals three things she'll fund after scooping seven-figure windfall",
    "National Lottery winner scoops £100k scratchcard jackpot just moments after undergoing surgery",
    "National Lottery winner turned to drug dealing and threatened to petrol bomb family home",
    "The GB News Editorial Charter"
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  "textContent": "\n\n\nLancashire is celebrating a run of luck after two major Lottery prizes were scooped in the county within just weeks of each other.\n\nIn early December, a couple scooped £350,000 through the The National Lottery's Lotto HotPicks game.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nThe winners, who often use the same numbers when they play various National Lottery, games, expressed their astonishment at the result.\n\n\"We were gobsmacked to realise we’d won,\" the couple said, according to LancsLive.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nTRENDING\n\nStories\n\nVideos\n\nYour Say\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n\"We always use the same numbers and like to play all the games across The National Lottery.\"\n\nThe lucky players have plans to buy a new car following their big win.\n\nThe good fortune continued in the county when another Lancashire resident struck lucky on EuroMillions, claiming £206,403.30.\n\nThe player took home the prize after successfully matching five numbers and a Lucky Star in the draw on January 20.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nThe woman, who only occasionally purchases a lucky dip ticket, proved her relatives wrong with her triumph.\n\n\"My family always told me that I would never win the lottery... but you have to be in it to win it,\" she said.\n\nHer prize money will fund an adventure to New Zealand, where she plans to spend time with a friend.\n\nAndy Carter, Senior Winners' Advisor at Allwyn, which operates The National Lottery, offered his congratulations to both fortunate recipients.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n### LATEST DEVELOPMENTS\n\n\n\n\n  * National Lottery winner reveals three things she'll fund after scooping seven-figure windfall\n  * National Lottery winner scoops £100k scratchcard jackpot just moments after undergoing surgery\n  * National Lottery winner turned to drug dealing and threatened to petrol bomb family home\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n\"What wonderful news for our lucky Lancastrians,\" Mr Carter said.\n\nHe said he hoped the winners would enjoy their respective treats.\n\n\"We hope they enjoy their new car and the trip to New Zealand,\" he added.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n**Our Standards:The GB News Editorial Charter **",
  "title": "Northern county dubbed 'lucky Lottery hotspot' after two jackpot wins in weeks"
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