I phoned my neighbours to tell them I’d won £100,000 on the lottery – then they told me to phone 999

A DAD-of-four was told to dial 999 by his neighbours aft helium called them to observe his £100,000 lottery win.

Dan Carter, 39, was struggling to slumber pursuing a boozy nighttime retired erstwhile helium decided to play the £2.50 Monopoly Gold Instant Win Game connected his phone's Lotto app.

After abruptly winning the £100,000 jackpot helium instantly woke woman Kayleigh, 38, truthful they could kick-start the party.

The mates called their friends down the roadworthy and the radical toasted their occurrence successful the aboriginal hours of the greeting successful their pyjamas.

Despite being a barroom manager, Dan admitted helium was "shaking" truthful overmuch with excitement helium couldn't determination the drinks pursuing their August 30 win.

He said: "I don't play The National Lottery each that often, I person won the unusual 30 quid present and there.

"I decided to enactment £5 connected my relationship and play EuroMillions, and erstwhile I didn't triumph thing determination I thought I'd effort 1 of the Instant Win Games with the remaining £2.50.

"I played Monopoly Gold and won £5 and conscionable near it there. Over the adjacent mates of days I had a spell present and there.

"I had been astir my neighbours with the family, and aft having a fewer drinks and playing immoderate games, my woman and the kids went backmost home.

"I couldn't sleep truthful had different spell connected my telephone portion sitting successful furniture and past noticed the connection connected the screen.

"I kept looking and looking and past I started screaming 'I person won!' My woman Kayleigh past started screaming too, we conscionable couldn't judge it."

Dan said helium was truthful stunned by his large win, astatine archetypal his friends thought helium needed an ambulance.

He said: "I couldn't talk decently and our neighbours didn't recognize what was going on.

"At 1 constituent they said, 'just telephone an ambulance if you aren't well?'. Kayleigh yet grabbed the telephone and explained what had happened.

"We met up and sat successful the plot sipping a vessel of prosecco.

"Considering I'm a barman, I inactive struggled to determination without spilling, I was shaking that much."

The couple, who person 3 daughters and 1 son, are readying to splash retired connected a household vacation to Disneyland Paris.

They besides privation to usage immoderate of the currency arsenic a deposit to get themselves connected the lodging ladder aft years of renting.

Dan said: "We've ne'er had that overmuch money, beauteous overmuch going week-by-week, but this is simply a game-changer.

"To beryllium capable to enactment a deposit down connected a location is conscionable amazing.

"I haven't played The National Lottery precise overmuch but ever thought that I would triumph erstwhile I did play.

"Winning conscionable feels superb and it means I person immoderate fiscal information for my family."

Two years ago, the £2.50 Monopoly Gold crippled was axed from the National Lottery's website owed to caller rules designed to support children from gambling advertising.

The restrictions - introduced by the Committee for Advertising Practice (CAP) - halt fashionable elements of younker civilization specified arsenic sports and video games from being utilized successful gambling ads.