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On the whole, the odds of winning the lottery are going to be pretty steep. That's because lottery tickets are cheap, meaning that more people are able to take part. To win the North Caroline Education Lottery, the odds are around a 1 in 1,813,028 chance. Yet, in spite of this, some lucky man managed to win the lottery twice. And even more amazingly, he did it on the same day! Scotty Thomas from Fayetteville in North Carolina managed to land the “Lucky For Life” luxury prize of $780,000.

Though the odds of winning any lottery like the EuroMillions are absolutely minuscule, someone has to win. We imagine that's what almost everyone who buys a lottery ticket is thinking as they part with their cash. After all, the lottery is selling a fantasy of a life-altering amount of money. To grow this dream, we've compiled a list of the UK's biggest lottery winners. There have been some eye-watering amounts of cash prizes paid out. Unsurprisingly, most winners prefer to remain anonymous.