Man, 20, wins £7,500,000 on the lottery and still goes to work the next day
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A young man who became a multi-millionaire overnight has vowed to keep working and earning his qualifications. James Clarkson woke up on January 5 to check whether it was set to snow in his area – but instead he saw a notification from the National Lottery telling him he had just won £7,533,329.
![[**FREE FOR EDITORIAL USE** 20-year-old James Clarkson celebrates winning ??7,533,329 on the National Lottery at Dalston Hall near Carlisle, UK. Picture date: Monday January 13, 2025. Photo credit should read: Anthony Devlin]](https://metro.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/SEI_236041518-e32c.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=646)
The 20-year-old trainee gas engineer from Carlisle had just won £120 in the Lotto Christmas Day draw, and decided to spend some of his winnings on two lucky dips and three sets of randomly selected numbers for the first draw of 2025. It was one of those random selections which earned him the huge win, matching all six main numbers.
![[**FREE FOR EDITORIAL USE** 20-year-old James Clarkson celebrates winning ??7,533,329 on the National Lottery with his parents, grandparents and family members at Dalston Hall near Carlisle, UK. Picture date: Monday January 13, 2025. Photo credit should read: Anthony Devlin]](https://metro.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/SEI_236041504-ede1.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=646)
But he didn’t receive excited responses immediately: after waking up his girlfriend at 7.30am to tell her he was a winner, she sleepily told him ‘no, you haven’t won’ and went back to sleep. James explained: ‘I was at my girlfriend’s house and got up early to check on the snowfall when I saw a message saying I’d won on the National Lottery app.
![[**FREE FOR EDITORIAL USE** 20-year-old James Clarkson celebrates winning ??7,533,329 on the National Lottery at Dalston Hall near Carlisle, UK. Picture date: Monday January 13, 2025. Photo credit should read: Anthony Devlin]](https://metro.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/SEI_236041491-f212.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=646)
‘I just didn’t believe it, I thought I was dreaming. ‘It was only 7.30am so everyone was asleep. I wasn’t so sure, so called my dad as I knew he would be awake. ‘He calmly told me to come home and we’d have a look.’. Gathering around the phone with his mum Becky, dad Stephen and brother Thomas, James nervously rang the National Lottery line as soon as it opened at 9am to register the potential win.
