Pensioner scoops £1m lottery prize
Cynon Valley Leader
|November 06, 2025
A PENSIONER from South Wales has won £1,000,000 on the National Lottery after buying a ticket on a whim while doing his weekly shop.
73-year-old Peter Rogers, from Merthyr Tydfil, said he still cannot believe his luck and said it will completely change his life.
Boxing fanatic Mr Rogers told of the day he won the jackpot: “I decided to play quite spontaneously whilst I was doing some food shopping and picked a random selection of numbers.
“When I later realised I'd won I genuinely did not believe it.
“The shop assistant scanned the ticket and the screen said I had to contact the National Lottery.
“I assumed there was some kind of glitch and I even went to another shop to double-check because I thought it couldn't be real.”
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