Man had urge to check emails at 4am - and found he'd won £4m
Man had urge to check emails at 4am - and found he'd won £4m
Jon has now handed in his his notice with the police and wife Lucy is working out her notice at as a nurse
Jon and Lucy have won almost £4million
A police radio operator from has handed in his notice after winning £3,966,543 on the National Lottery. Jon Waring, 57, has been a radio operator at for 16 years., and wife, Lucy, 48, is working her notice as a nurse.
Jon found out he had won after something made him wake up at 4am - and check his emails.
The couple, from Paignton in Devon, who also have a 15-year-old daughter, are planning to take life at a more relaxed pace thanks to the Lotto jackpot win; And they already have their bucket list planned out with a Harley-Davidson trike topping the shopping list for Jon, whilst a hot tub is the number one priority for Lucy.
A new family home – whilst remaining in the same area where Jon and Lucy have lived all of their lives – is also high on the wish list. Jon said news of the huge win, which saw him match six numbers in The National Lottery Lotto draw on 31 May, still doesn't feel real! He said, 'I keep thinking I am going to wake up from a dream!'
Jon and Lucy are buying a trike, a new car, a hot tub and a new house
The family are all keen musicians and plan to create a music room in their new home where they can all play as well as listen to their favourite bands. Jon added, 'This will be the perfect place to display the family's guitar collection – and potentially add to it too. As a family, we love rock music and now the world really is our oyster – we hope to get the chance to attend gigs up and down the country. This win will just enable us all to slow down, enjoy life – and of course hit that road on the sunny days ahead on our new trike'
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Jon, who plays Lotto online via The National Lottery app, woke at 4am in the morning to discover he had won. He said: 'Something just made me go to check my emails and I saw an email saying I had won a prize. I went to Google the winning numbers and noticed there was just one winner – and knew it must have been me.
"I couldn't quite believe it - I knew they were my numbers. I turned my tablet off – left it five minutes – and then turned it back on to double and triple check. I woke Lucy and she said, still half asleep, is it 1 April? I said no, it is June.
'We just could not believe it – there was no way we were getting back to sleep! We just sat and drank tea – we must have had 10 cups between us.'
Jon and Lucy have retired early
Jon, who is also a keen rugby fan, said a box at Exeter Chiefs and a trip to see the Lions tour are also on his wish list, together with a new car, an Audi Q7. He added: 'It's a complete change of lifestyle – it won't change us, but it will change what we can do! And the pace at which we do it too.'
Jon said with the nature of his job, and Lucy's, it has been hard to get holidays to match up and the pair don't even have current passports. 'As a result of our shift work, we have not had a proper holiday together for a long, long time. We are now really looking forward to booking something and knowing we can just holiday when we choose! Perhaps a trip to New Orleans for the music.
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'It's all the things you dream about trying and seeing but know you never will - until something like this happens!'
Jon has always played Lotto each week since the game started and now plays online. His winning Lotto numbers on Wednesday 31 May, 2025, were: 8, 11, 12, 16, 20 and 33.
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