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In a landmark photoshoot, 30 millionaires from the last three decades came together to celebrate the birthday and share their life-changing stories.

It's exactly 30 years since National Lottery tickets first went on sale in the UK on 14th November 1994. Rankin, who has photographed icons from Queen Elizabeth II to the Rolling Stones, gathered the extraordinary individuals worth more than £190 million at his London studio.

He created both intimate individual portraits and a historic group shot of the thirty winners – representing just a fraction of the 7,400 millionaires created since the first draw.

The landmark line-up – who have won £194,465,555 between them – includes Lesley Higgins from Aberdeenshire and Gareth Bull from Mansfield who won £57.9 million and £40.6 million respectively on EuroMillions. Major Lotto winners include Jackie King from Grimsby who won £14 million in 1998, Sarah Cockings from Whitley Bay who banked £3 million back in 2005 and Peter Congdon from Truro who won £13.5 million in 2015.

The winners travelled from far and wide to take part in the photo-shoot, from the Scottish Highlands and Northern Ireland to Cornwall and Newcastle; with ages spanning from 25 to 80 years old.

https://www.national-lottery.co.uk/life-changing/the-national-lotterys-30th-birthday

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