The National Lottery has announced that it created 365 millionaires in 2025 – equivalent to one for every day of the year. The winners shared a total of £702 million, with four EuroMillions jackpot winners accounting for £199 million of that sum.
Since the lottery's launch in 1994, more than 7,700 millionaires have been made. The largest prize in 2025 was an anonymous EuroMillions win of £83 million in January. In November, Richard Davies and his wife Faye from mid-Wales won £1,000,000 for the second time, having previously won the same amount in 2018 – odds they were told were 24 trillion to one.
A survey of winners revealed that community workers and charity employees were the luckiest players in 2025, followed by builders, drivers, and managers. Among star signs, Cancer was the most frequent for winners, ahead of Aries and Scorpio.
Over its 34-year history, the National Lottery has now raised £52 billion for good causes. In the first 11 months of 2025 alone, it distributed £1.1 billion to support community projects, charities, arts, heritage, and sport.
Andy Carter, senior winners’ adviser at Allwyn, the lottery operator, said: '2025 has been another incredible year – we’ve been busier than ever turning everyday people into millionaires. There’s nothing quite like meeting our winners and seeing the moment their lives change. Every ticket played helps fund projects that make a real difference to communities across the UK.'
