A lucky teenager scooped a massive prize on his first-ever lottery ticket.
Sam Lawton, 19, scored a$146K (£120K) prize in the National Lottery’s newest game.
He is the young dad-of-one, from Leamington Spa, Warks, and he won $12K (£10K) a month for the next year in the Set For Life draw. Sam, works as a data analyst, he matched five numbers in the one in 1,704,377 game.
He said he was inspired to play the game after seeing Dean Weymes, 24, scooped a top prize.
He said: “I was in the bath and just thought that I’d have a go.
“I saw Dean Weymes celebrating his win and just thought I’d have a punt.
“I downloaded the National Lottery app in the bath, put a tenner in my account and then played a Lucky Dip.”
When he finished his bath, he checked his phone to see a message that told him he had won the life-changing amount.
He added: “It was only an hour, maybe 90 minutes, after I first played when I saw a message on my phone and it said I’d won the second prize.”
“Having never played before I asked Connie to take a look. But like me, she had never played before so we called her brother Craig, who’d played the National Lottery for years.”
When Craig confirmed what had happened then he realized it is real.
Sam added: “We’re not lucky people. We’ve never had anything like this. It doesn’t happen to people like us.
“It’s the ultimate beginner’s luck.”
The couple is planning to save the money for a deposit for a house, but Sam has other ideas for the cash going spare.
He added: “The next thing on my list is a driving license. I haven’t passed my test and with a small family, I need wheels, maybe a BMW 1 series.
“The win will allow me to learn to drive and get a car straight away – which is amazing.’
His winning numbers were 3, 20, 26, 27 and 32.