I would have lost ENTIRE £100k lotto jackpot if wasn’t for sneaky online button – I’d been ignoring my account for days

A BAR manager would person mislaid an full £100,000 jackpot if it wasn't for a sneaky online button.

Dan Cater, 39, from Lichfield, scooped the currency by playing Monopoly Gold connected The National Lottery app.

The dad-of-four was struggling to sleep pursuing a boozy nighttime retired truthful decided to usage £2.50 from a erstwhile triumph connected his phone's Lotto app.

Dan explained: "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 household and aft having a fewer drinks and playing immoderate games my woman and the kids went backmost home.

"I couldn't slumber 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!"

The archetypal happening Dan and his woman Kayleigh, 38, did was to sound connected the doorway of the neighbours they had seen earlier.

There was nary reply truthful they called them.

Dan 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."

The duo met their neighbours extracurricular and past sat successful their plot chatting astir the acquisition portion sipping a vessel of prosecco.

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

The adjacent time astatine 9am connected the dot Dan called The National Lottery to assertion his prize.

Everything was confirmed but the mates didn't archer anyone other too their neighbours arsenic they inactive couldn't rather judge it.

The timings of the triumph couldn't person been better.

Dan, who works astatine The Acorn pub successful Lichfield, was disconnected astatine the play to observe the couple's sixth wedding anniversary.

The mates person 4 young children including 3 girls and a boy.

Dan and Kayleigh person tons of plans connected however to walk the money.

They instantly went retired and bought tons of technology.

The brace besides privation to dainty their children to a travel to Disneyland Paris and past usage the remainder for a deposit connected a location aft renting for galore years.