I scooped £250,000 on the Postcode Lottery – it was TRIPLE what my neighbours won due to a clever decision
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A LUCKY mum has revealed how her savvy decision landed her a huge £250,000 Postcode Lottery win. Diane Daughtrey from Barnham, West Sussex, was in disbelief when someone knocked on her door and handed her a cheque worth hundreds of thousands of pounds.
![[Diane Daughtrey won a £249,999 jackpot playing the Postcode Lottery]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/MS-Barnham-SGP-Diane-01jpg-JS959650303.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
The mum-of-two found out she had scooped nearly a quarter of a million pounds thanks to her clever decision. She was one of nine neighbours with the same postcode to win a tidy sum this week. The £1m Millionaire Street prize was gifted to players with the postcode PO22 0DQ.
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The 43-year-old Network Rail worker, who spends her nights at Barnham station, couldn’t believe her luck when the £249,999 cheque arrived on her doorstep. But this wasn't her first taste of success – and it's all thanks to her decision to double down on her winnings after a smaller prize five years ago.
Diane said: "I'm gobsmacked and a little overwhelmed. It’s really caught me by surprise. "I didn't expect to win this amount of money – I was quite happy winning £1,000 like I did five years ago.". Five years ago, Diane was over the moon with her £1,000 win.
She even shared some of it with her children, but her luck didn’t end there. In a decision that’s now paying off big time, she chose to invest in two more tickets. Diane added: "I was so pleased when I won £1,000, I gave some of it to my children.
