Mum wakes up with 'strangest feeling' then becomes a millionaire hours later

16 November 2023 , 16:35

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Ceri Ann Roscoe-Roberts and husband Paul on the golf course (Image: Anthony Devlin)

A mum-of-five's ‘Friday feeling’ has made her a millionaire.

Ceri Ann Roscoe-Roberts immediately rolled over in bed, took her phone off her bedside table and purchased a EuroMillions ticket online. Twenty four hours later she was a millionaire. Ceri had initially forgotten all about buying a ticket for that Friday’s special EuroMillions draw on 3 November, when 10 UK millionaires were created in one night.

But when she woke up again on the Saturday morning after the draw, she had the very same certain feeling… this time telling her she had won. Ceri, 42, from Bangor, north Wales, said, “There was just something telling me when I woke on Saturday morning that I had won big on The National Lottery. It was the strangest feeling ever!

Couple celebrate their win (Anthony Devlin)

“I picked up my phone and looked at my emails and there was one saying there was news about my ticket. When I realised I wasn’t dreaming, I turned to my husband, Paul, and screamed – ‘we’re millionaires!’ He is a very laid back person and told me to calm down and to let him check."

Ceri, a manager of a domiciliary care company and Paul, 45, a golf course manager, say they have no plans to give up work. Ceri and Paul had the regular Saturday morning football run with the kids to do, so were forced to just carry on with life as normal.

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"We actually made the call to The National Lottery from the car as one of our sons was playing football," she added. “So we all heard the news together and the voice of the lady on the end of the phone saying, ‘I can confirm you are now millionaires!’

“I am surprised the car didn’t overturn, it was shaking with the jubilation of us all shouting, screaming and jumping up and down inside.” Ceri say they have no plans to give up work. But, they do have plans to buy a new, larger house and treat themselves to a new car each.

Paul has already treated himself to a new set of golf clubs. Ceri and Paul have always loved dogs and have two Labradors – and only last week Ceri fell in love with a Cocker Spaniel which she ended up taking home. She said: “Paul went crazy and said we had no room for another dog – I said we would make room!

“Never did I believe one week later I would be in the position to buy a new house and have an extra special room for our new addition to the family. I still keep saying to myself – ‘OMG, have we really won? Is it really us?’. I always hear about people winning on The National Lottery and I am so happy for them. You just never think it is something which will ever happen to you, but it has!”

Stephen White