Lotto winners at Alveston House Hotel

Alveston House Hotel recently played host to a gathering of some of the region’s biggest lottery winners to celebrate the 15th anniversary of the National Lottery.

Across the National Lottery’s range of draw-based games and scratchcards, a massive 372 jackpot prizes have been paid out in the South West of England -  including the creation of more than 127 millionaires or multi-millionaires; while a staggering £675,969,995 has been paid out in major prizes in the region.

Winners attending the event included Derek Ladner who won the jackpot twice in the same draw, banking two prizes of £479,142 in July 2007; Elaine and Derek Thompson from Lyme Regis who were one of the National Lottery’s earliest milllionaires back in 1995 and Ed and Michelle Edwards who banked £1.9m only last year.

The group celebrated with a champagne reception in the hotel gardens before enjoying a 3 course lunch in Carriages restaurant.

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