AGE-GAP LOVE <\/span><\/p>\nI’m 26 & my wife\u2019s 63 – we’re trying for a baby, trolls say we’re delusional<\/h3>\n <\/span><\/p>\n
\u201cYou do get people who swear and put the phone down on you.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIf someone phones you up to tell you that you\u2019ve won the jackpot, it isn\u2019t an everyday call.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cMost of them haven\u2019t even checked their emails when I call them the first time, so the news they\u2019ve won big is a shock to them.<\/p>\n
\u201cNormally, if they\u2019ve got doubts, I go through the draw that they\u2019ve won and the numbers they\u2019ve matched."<\/p>\n
Don't tell them everything<\/h2>\n Carly said she didn't give everything away to her winners.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t give them any other information apart from telling them to go away and look on our website," she said. "Usually they go and verify it themselves, which is when I\u2019ll give them a second call.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ll usually wait for around 30 minutes to an hour, so it can really sink in for them.\u201d<\/p>\n
Despite being at the end of some choice words at times, Carly insists there have been moments where her exchanges with winners have left her with \u2018goosebumps\u2019.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cSometimes I\u2019m telling people they\u2019ve won \u00a310K \u2013 enough to buy a new car \u2013 and sometimes it\u2019s a huge, life-changing amount like \u00a3250,000,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat can take their breath away.\u201d<\/p>\n
Big money winners<\/h2>\n Just this Monday Carly told someone they\u2019d bagged \u00a3475,000.She said: \u201cThis week, I came into work after a week\u2019s holiday to the news that we\u2019d had our first winner of our biggest ever \u00a3475,000 Megadraw jackpot.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was a direct debit winner and as they\u2019d been at a family event all weekend, they hadn\u2019t checked their emails. I think that was the best Monday morning at work ever \u2013 telling someone they\u2019ve won nearly half a million pounds.\u201d<\/p>\n
Carly says that hearing how much the jackpot wins can be a highly touching experience.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur most recent \u00a3250K winner Andrew had a very emotional story,\u201d Carly says.<\/p>\n
\u201cHis wife is really poorly and told us it was such a massive relief to her to know that Andrew would always be safe and secure now.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou get goosebumps. You feel so happy that you\u2019ve made someone\u2019s day.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWe had a \u00a310,000 winner recently who burst into tears on the phone.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201c[These calls] far outweigh being told to \u2018F off\u2019 on phone calls. For a lot of people the win represents security.\u00a0They\u2019re not going to splash the cash.\u201d<\/p>\n
I won the lotto – TWICE!<\/h2>\n \n <\/p>\n
Another lucky player was Frank Spratt who won \u00a367,000 seven years after winning a \u00a331,449 jackpot in 2015.<\/p>\n
The tutor from Blyth, Northumberland, Frank decided to donate a lot of his winnings to charities. Carly explained: "The second time round [winning] came when his wife Ann had had cancer and was unable to work as much as she had, so it\u2019s taken the pressure off them. <\/p>\n
"They can enjoy the money even more. <\/p>\n
"He\u2019s also made a donation to his local boxing club and wants to give back to the charities who helped Ann and his grand-daughter when she had leukaemia. <\/p>\n
"They\u2019re really deserving winners and we\u2019re always so happy when such deserving people have won.\u201d<\/p>\n
Speaking to The Daily Star earlier this year, Frank discussed winning again: \u201cIt\u2019s absolutely fabulous to have won this prize. Totally unexpected.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was at home, working, when someone from The Health Lottery called to tell me I\u2019d won a motorhome, or the cash equivalent.<\/p>\n
\u201cI didn\u2019t believe it at first. In fact, I thought it was a hoax but soon discovered it was real. I think I lost my voice at that point<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve been playing The Health Lottery since it was launched.\u201d<\/p>\n
As for how he managed to pick the winning numbers twice, Frank admitted to choosing the same numbers out of \u201claziness\u201d, and added: \u201cThe numbers I picked have a sequence. Primarily birthdays, which everyone uses. It\u2019s been quite successful!\u201d<\/p>\n
And she still gets nervous<\/h2>\n Despite having called dozens of winners, Carly says that she\u2019s still apprehensive before every call.<\/p>\n
\u201cI always get nervous before I call them,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a special thing to win the jackpot, whatever the size of the prize, so you want to make the winners feel amazing.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur winner Andrew is IT savvy, so he was very dubious. He didn\u2019t believe it until I met him in The Savoy<\/span> Hotel a week later.\u00a0<\/p>\n\u201cIt took a lot of hand-holding and reassuring. Before meeting me Andrew\u2019s wife was like, 'these are really generous fraudsters if it is fraud \u2013 they\u2019re putting us up in The Savoy for two nights'.<\/p>\n
\u201cOne of the best ones I\u2019ve ever had was a couple from Chelmsford, Tim and Alison. They won \u00a3250,000. We presented them with a cheque at their house, and took a film<\/span> crew along with us.\u00a0<\/p>\n\u201cTim had had to retire from his job at the BritishTransport<\/span> Police<\/span> on medical grounds and at the time was on benefits<\/span>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\u201cThey were struggling and were going to move house to save money<\/span>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\u201cTim wanted to surprise her and so didn\u2019t tell her until we arrived.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou could see she was really confused, but then we told her they\u2019d won \u00a3250,000. Being there face to face, seeing how happy that win made her, that has to be my best one.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Carly adds: \u201cI love my job. It\u2019s really rewarding. If I\u2019m having a busy day and there\u2019s lots of pressure, I remind myself we\u2019re doing really good work. It keeps you focused.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cTo me, the lottery is a way people can have a little bit of fun which helps other people enormously.\u201d<\/p>\n
It helps charities too<\/h2>\n As well as speaking to winners, Carly works closely alongside the charities funded through The Health Lottery too, supporting a variety of projects from theatre<\/span> groups for people with Down\u2019s Syndrome to a project that helps amputees to grass root sports.<\/p>\nCarly credits The Health Lottery for supporting people at local level, with the money raised used to fund grants for smaller charities and ensure that those who \u201cdon\u2019t often get the support from bigger charities\u201d still receive the vital support they need.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cA lot of charities are there for when something bad has happened. Whereas, we go to such a grass root, local level. Fundamentally, the reason why we were set up is to give back to these people.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cOur last few winners have all said that it feels like they\u2019re giving back to charity by playing. Everyone wins, as cheesy that is.\u201d<\/p>\n
Read More on The Sun<\/h2>\n <\/picture>BIG ENTRY? <\/span><\/p>\nBig Brother housemates' big entrance REVEALED ahead of Sunday night launch<\/h3>\n <\/picture>show stopper? <\/span><\/p>\nStrictly's Jody Cundy rushed to hospital in 4am health scare<\/h3>\n The Health Lottery\u2019s Big Win offers five weekly draws, each with a jackpot of \u00a325,000, and players are able to get their hands on thousands of other prizes including biweekly free second chance prize draws. <\/em><\/p>\nEvery \u00a31 play for a weekly Wednesday draw will also enter the player into a free prize draw for a cash prize of \u00a3100,000 – and on Saturday for a \u00a3475,000 Megadraw. See www.healthlottery.co.uk<\/em><\/p>\nSource: Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WE\u2019VE all dreamt about what it might be like to be told you\u2019ve won the lottery but for Carly Troullis it\u2019s all part of the day job. The mum-of-one joined The Health Lottery 11 years ago and has been changing people\u2019s lives for a living ever since. Carly, from Thurrock, Essex is tasked with the role of telling jackpot winners<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":86335,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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