A NATIONAL lottery player bagged more than £130,000 after his life had spiralled into tragedy but he initially brushed off the win as being just another fiver. Jonathan Aldridge, 32, from Crawley, West Sussex, was just a teenager when he was diagnosed with Hodgkin lymphoma , a rare form of cancer. 4 Jonathan Aldridge won a six-figure prize thanks to playing the EuroMillions 4 The accountant was diagnosed with cancer when he was a teenager He went through gruelling rounds of chemotherapy to beat the devastating disease and has now pocketed an incredible £133,173.
20 having bought some EuroMillions Lucky Dip tickets. Jonathan said: “I had £5 in my account so decided to try my luck in the upcoming EuroMillions draw. “The following morning I saw an email from The National Lottery with news about my ticket, and assumed it was £2.
70 or maybe another fiver.” The accountant missed the message from The National Lottery saying to give them a call and when he didn’t see his bank balance rise, he thought the email might be a prank. Back when he was a young lad, his parents played a trick on him and his four brothers by telling them they had won the lottery on April Fool’s Day.
Jonathan said: “So, when I received a message about the win but couldn’t see a change in my funds on the National Lottery app I was suspicious to say the least.” It wasn't until he checked the actual ticket that he realised the life-changing news. He said: “It was only when I checked the actual.