£240,000 lottery win

12:50am Saturday 19th July 2008

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A MYSTERY man has scooped a massive National Lottery prize – without even leaving the house.

The man, known only as Mr F, of Essex, won £240,938 by matching five numbers and the bonus ball in the draw on July 5.

He joins the interactive winners’ club and is one of four million winners every week on the National Lottery’s range of draw-based games.

Mr F was playing through one of the Lottery’s interactive channels when he scooped the prize.

Players can set up an online subscription so they never forget to place their numbers in a draw.

Mr F chose only partial publicity, which means his name will not be made public.

A second Essex winner – Mrs W – won £10,000 every birthday for the next ten years on the Birthday Bonus Instant Win game and Mr M, also from Essex, won £70,092 on Lotto earlier in the year.