We Won The Lottery: Real Life Winner Stories

by Danny Buckland

Since 1994, the UK's National Lottery has created 2,300 millionaires. Expensive cars, big houses and dream holidays are all top of the wish list for those ordinary people whose lives are changed with a winning lottery ticket. But what about buying a boob job for your sister, giving away holidays to children with cancer or hiring a private helicopter for the school prom? For the first time five winners share the details of their shopping sprees and the highs and lows of their lives once they became millionaires. We Won The Lottery also goes behind the scenes at the National Lottery to reveal funny facts, the luckiest numbers, the unusual purchases and exactly what happens when you win.

Genres: Memoir, Biography

96 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2010

Reviews

[Julie · Rating 3 out of 5]

A QUICK READ

This was a lighthearted and short read about a handful of lottery winners.
I would quite liked their stories to have been expanded on a little but I suppose this is supposed to be just a snippet of their good fortune.

Now, what would I spend the money on?
Don't need to even think about that one... I'd open an animal sanctuary, with a veterinary theatre and surgery attached. I'd rescue everything that I could ,from donkeys to dogs. I'd buy as many animals as I could that were being put to death due to lack of funds.

Then I'd buy... more shoes and books!!! 😂

[Doris Raines · Rating 5 out of 5]

I LIKE THIS BOOK CONGRATS I WENT TO LAS VEGAS TO PLAY THE LOTTERY I PLAY PULLING THE HAND WHEEL. GUESS WHAT THAT MACHINE WENT OF JUST LIKE AND SYRINGE YOU NO WHEN THE MACHINE GOES OF LIKE THAT THEY SAY YOU WINS THE ONE SOON AS I PUT MY $1 IN. THE MACHINE WENT OFF. I WAS TOLD NOT TO GO ALONE I WAS HARD HEADED JUST LIKE ALL WAYS NO ONE WAS SIGHT BY NOW I HAVE SAT THERE AFTER RINGING MY BELL FOR SOMEONE TO COME WELL IT TOOK OVER 30 MINS BY THEN IAM IN SHOCK SO WHEN THE MAN DID DECIDE TO COME I WAS LOOING ONE WAY I JUST LOST IT I GOT SCARE REALLY SCARE I NO SOMEONE SEEN ME SITTING THERE SCSRR I MEAN SCARR NO ONE SHOW THEY GOT MANY CAMERAS THERE 🎥 GUESS WHAT I DID I WALKED AWAY FROM THE MACHINE MACH
I JUST WALKED AWAY FROM THE 🖥 IN SHOCK I LOST MY WAY HOME STILL IN SHOCK THE MACHINE WENT .I KNEW IT WAS A HUGE LOTTERY .THE LAS VEGAS STOLD MY BIG WINNING I WILL NEVER GO BACK THERE EVER AGAIN THEY KNEW WHO I WAS I HOPE YOU DONT MIND I SHARED MY STORY AGAIN CONGRATS LADYS🤙🤙🤙🤙🤙

[Cindy Cooman · Rating 4 out of 5]

I have made consistent efforts trying to hit the jackpot, it all seems like a dream that might never come through, this could’ve been the case if i had continue making attempts without getting help from a spell caster called “Dr Amend”. An African wizard who’ve become prominent through his spell works. I was fortunate to come across a testimony on how ( Dr Amend ) cast a lottery spell to help a lady win the jackpot, seeing this i knew my dream has come through, immediately i contacted him and he did an amazing work for me by casting a lottery spell that revealed the exact wining numbers which helped me win the jackpot– I just want the world to know that such powers still exist. Thanks “Dr Amend” for this great help. This is to those who’re tired of the many failed attempts in trying to win the “lottery, connect with Dr Amend via website below.


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[Lady · Rating 4 out of 5]

Excellent collection of short stories about lottery winner well wrote. loved this quick read

[Nicole · Rating 4 out of 5]

Really didn't want to put this book down for dinner because I just wanted to know what happened with the next winner and what they did with their money.

[Lord Bobby · Rating 3 out of 5]

Nice quick read of some winners who won the lottery .

[Eve*sparkle · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fun read. Wish it was me.

[Nicola Forster · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was an interesting read, got through it in just a couple of evenings. Nice to read about the reactions to winning and how nearly all of them couldn't go to bed until about 4am on the day they found out!

[Jill · Rating 3 out of 5]

Got this free on the Kindle. It was interesting. I didn't realize all the stories were from the UK (so I didn't understand all of the lingo, monetary amounts, etc.) but I enjoyed the stories.

[Fiona · Rating 3 out of 5]

A quick read broken down into winner stories ideal for dipping into for the time poor or reluctant reader.
Written from a personal perspective by each winner and peppered with a few (now very out of date) facts about the lottery this is exactly what you'd expect.