British couple win £1million lottery jackpot for the SECOND time

by · Mail Online

Britain's luckiest couple have beaten trillions-to-one odds and bagged the National Lottery's £1million jackpot - for the second time.

Courier driver Richard Davies, 49, and wife Faye, 43, a mental health counsellor, landed the prize by matching five numbers and the bonus ball in the Lotto draw last month.

It came just seven years after the pair first won the EuroMillions millionaire maker in 2018.

They have now overcome their 24 trillion to one chances to win the prize again.

The couple, of Talgarth in Wales, credited their success to 'the power of positive thinking'.

Mrs Davies said: 'We always believed winning was possible, and once we scooped £1m and met hundreds of other lucky winners, we realised fairytales do come true and there are winners everywhere!

'We knew the odds of it happening again were outrageous, but we're proof that if you believe, anything is possible.'

Mr Davies said he and his wife had won four lucky dip tickets in a row before winning their second million pound prize on November 26. 

When they won their first million, the couple donated a minibus to the local rugby team and helped out friends and family. 

And neither of them plan to quit working.

Courier driver Richard Davies, 49, and his mental health counsellor wife Faye, 43, landed the prize by matching five numbers and the bonus ball in the Lotto draw last month. The couple are pictured here following their second win
Mr Davies said he and his wife had won four lucky dip tickets in a row before winning their second million pound prize on November 26

Mrs Davies explained: 'That first win meant I gave up work as a mental health nurse and could return to university, gaining a second degree in Counselling and Therapeutic Practice.

'I now have my own practice and also provide counselling services with local organisations including Brecon & District Mind charity and The DPJ Foundation.

'I feel blessed every day to be doing something so meaningful thanks to that first bit of luck, and I'm not going to abandon my clients with the second bit.'

Mr Davies added: 'After a while I was able to give up hairdressing, I'd been doing it since I left school. I put down the scissors before agreeing to help a friend out with a couple of days courier work, that was two years ago and I now do seven days and love it!

'Everyone keeps asking what we'll do in the future and we genuinely have no idea at present. We may have believed, doesn't mean we had a plan!

'The first time around we gifted people cars, we donated a minibus to the local rugby team, and did our best to help friends and family, it was all new and it was amazing to be able to make a difference. This time, who knows, we'll take our time and enjoy the moment.'

He said: 'This win was not as simple as buying the winning ticket, it came to us through a series of four consecutive Lotto draws!

The pair are pictured together in 2018. Mr Davies' broke down in his car on the way to pick up his £1million cheque
Mr and Mrs Davies, of Talgarth in Wales, credited their success to 'the power of positive thinking'

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'When you match two numbers in the Lotto draw, you automatically win a Lucky Dip for the next game and that's what's happened to us.

'We matched two numbers and won a free Lucky Dip from the draw on the 15th, which put us into the next draw and so on, until the winning draw on Wednesday 26 November.'

According to Mrs Davies, the couple had used their first winnings to try and help others and would continue to spread their generosity with their new prize.

It comes after Mr Davies broke down in his car on the way to pick up his £1million cheque in 2018.

Mrs Davies said: 'We always played believing in a win but we've also seen firsthand, through our volunteering at projects that have received vital National Lottery funding, the impact players make.

'From Richard using his hairdressing skills at a shelter for the homeless in Cardiff with Haircuts4Homeless to cooking up a storm at Cegin Hedyn community kitchen in Carmarthen, funding makes a huge difference, right across Wales.'

Andy Carter, Senior Winners' Advisor at Allwyn, operator of The National Lottery, said he could 'still remember the day' he met the couple for the first time.

He added: 'It's just as special to be with them as they celebrate their second £1m National Lottery win.

'To see the positive impact of that first win, I know that this second one will be just as meaningful.

'Players winning more than once is unusual but like all the best magic, not impossible. We have supported winners who celebrated double wins with us, and there are even a few lucky addresses dotted around the UK that I have visited more than twice!

'With more than 7700 millionaires that already been made in the UK, there are big winners in every corner of the country and maybe there is one down your street.

'With a £15m Must Be Won Christmas Eve Lotto Draw there is guaranteed to be more big winners, so if ever there was a time to believe in festive magic, now's the time. The Winners Advisor team are on stand-by to receive that winning call from the lucky someone!'