​Northern Ireland lottery: Engineer from Antrim known as ‘Mr L’ scoops £1m prize in the EuroMillions UK Millionaire Maker

​He won the prize on Tuesday 14 November and says he plans to use his winnings on making some home improvements and treats for the family.

The Antrim local, who played a personal selection of numbers made up of birthdays, has become one of over eight million players that win each week on The National Lottery’s range of games.

Interactive winners have the opportunity to release their name, remain anonymous or like this winner, release some details through partial publicity.

Andy Carter, Senior Winners’ Advisor at The National Lottery, said: “Wow what incredible news for Mr. L for winning this fantastic £1M prize There’s no better feeling than treating the family. Enjoy!”

The National Lottery generates £30m every week for National Lottery-funded projects, having made over 670,000 grants across the UK to date.

Last month a team from the University of Glasgow, University of Strathclyde and Public Health Scotland found that frequent social media use could be linked with harmful behaviour among children and young people – including drinking, gambling, smoking and drugs.

The team examined the impact of social media on young people aged 10-19, looking at 73 studies between 1997 and 2022, comprising 1.4m teenagers. Daily social media use was linked with the likelihood of drinking alcohol (48%), drug use (28%) and smoking (85%), compared with youngsters who used social media less frequently.