Sheila Garrett from Kent has had lightning strike twice, after winning the lottery – again! The lucky winner has been dancing up a storm, celebrating the exciting Thunderball draw results that saw her £500,000 richer! Her Thunderball Friday entry is the second major prize win for this great-grandmother of 15, after previously winning a US lottery with the same lucky Thunderball numbers! 

Prior to 2020, Sheila would buy her Thunderball tickets at the shops. However, this year she has taken to playing online and checking them online. Results are available shortly after the draw at LotteryResults.co.uk. As Sheila had an online UK Thunderball Friday ticket, she received an email that she had won and shared that she instantly knew she had won the £500,000 top prize. 

The 80-year-old has admitted that while she knew she was destined to win, her winning Thunderball draw results are still rather surreal. After sharing the news with her family, she is looking forward to using the funds wisely. 

While buying a bungalow was what she initially wanted, she is now setting her sights on a more enjoyable option. Sheila enjoys life in her retirement community with a lovely flat, social club, and trips. Winning the Thunderball lottery allows her to keep enjoying her life but perhaps moving to the larger flat in the complex. Furthermore, she’s eager to get stuck into some renovations and keeping herself occupied with redeveloping the flat. 

Winning Thunderball numbers

Incredibly, Sheila has won a major lottery prize before. While living in Florida in the early 1990s, she won $20,000. Even more, it was the same winning Thunderball numbers she had used back then! She split her birthdate, the 28th, to 2 and 8, as the game from the US she had played only allowed numbers up to 26. Then, she used her children’s birthdates of 5, 14, and 24. Her favourite number, 10, was the winning Thunderball number. 

Sheila jokes that despite her incredible luck in winning a lottery twice, she is just getting started. 

“It will have to be EuroMillions next!” 

Could you be the next UK Thunderball winner? Don’t forget to check your Thunderball draw results at LotteryResults.co.uk.