Allwyn, operator of The National Lottery, is celebrating 25 lucky independent National Lottery retailers who’ve been transformed into winners and awarded a total of £158,000 in its ‘Share the Win’ retailer rewards initiative.
The scheme, which launched in November 2024, recognises retailers who sell high tier (£50,000 or more) winning National Lottery tickets – like EuroMillions, Lotto, and Thunderball, or National Lottery Scratchcards. The amount awarded to each retailer is linked to the size of the player’s win, and the scheme is open to all retailers where the winning ticketholder is happy to share details of their win.
The three ‘Share the Win’ prize tiers for retailers are:
Gold tier - wins of £1m or more will net lucky retailers the top prize of £10,000.
Silver tier - wins of between £250,000 up to £1m will be worth £5,000 to shop owners.
Bronze tier - wins of between £50,000 up to £250,000 will see retailers pocket £2,000.
A total of 12 independent National Lottery retailers were awarded £10,000 each by Allwyn for selling winning tickets worth £1m or more, including Dervis Ali Soyler who owns Grays All Foods in Grays. His store sold a ticket that went on to win £1m in the EuroMillions UK Millionaire Maker, resulting in Dervis being awarded the £10,000 gold tier prize.
“I’m so happy and excited – it's such a great prize to win,” said Dervis. “I’ll use some of the money to take my family on a really nice holiday. And I’ll also be rewarding the staff for all their hard work and helping to sell The National Lottery in the store.”
Four National Lottery retailers scooped the £5,000 silver tier prize. They included Jagit Kaur Chahal, owner of Premier Queensway Stores in Kettering, whose store sold a £300,000 winning Scratchcard, and who said, “It was a great feeling to find out that someone in my store had won such a huge prize, which also meant that I’d won £5,000 myself. The money will make a huge difference, starting with helping me with an upcoming trip to Dubai for a wedding that I’m attending.”
Meanwhile, nine National Lottery retailers took home the £2,000 bronze tier prize – including Sujit Patel (“I’m absolutely over the moon with the win”), owner of Prospect News Stores in Corsham, whose store sold a Set For Life ticket that went on to win a whopping £10,000 every month for a year.
Allwyn's Director of Commercial Partnerships and Retail Sales, Alison Acquaye-Acford, said: “I’m absolutely thrilled to be celebrating 25 new "Share the Win" winners! Massive congratulations to each of them. With £158,000 awarded by Allwyn to independent National Lottery retailers, we’re extending that winning feeling and good fortune further than ever before. It’s wonderful that winners like Dervis, Jagit and Sujit – and retailers all over the UK – are helping us to raise around £30m each and every week for National Lottery-funded projects, while being in with a chance of scooping huge prizes simply by selling tickets.”
In addition to the cash prizes, winning retailers will receive new in-store activation kit – including a special "Big Winner Made Here" poster and wall plaque, and for gold tier winners, a gold "Millionaire Made Here" Playstation.
With more Share the Win awards due in the coming months, National Lottery retailers can head to the National Lottery Retailer Hub – https://tnlpartners.co.uk – to ensure they're opted-in and don't miss out on this exciting opportunity.
The full list of the latest ‘Share the Win’ winners are:
Gold tier £10,000 winners (share £120,000 in total)
- Amarjeet Singh of Multistar Superstore in Feltham
- Kiritharan Mylvaganam and Raveendran Nadesapillai of Costcutter in London
- Steven Harrison of Nisa in Belfast
- H Patel of Gilbert Book Shop in London
- Harvinder Singh of Singh's Shop in Isleworth
- Vanathy Sivananthan of Abbey News in Waltham Abbey
- Thirunavukkarasu Shanmugam of Our Supermarket in Croydon
- Gurpreet Singh Padda of Londis in Newbury
- M Akmal of Shop Smart in Lanark
- Piriyatharsini Sivakaran of Stanstead Store in Hoddesdon
- Dervis Ali Soyler of Grays All Foods in Grays
- Dinesh Patel of Walk In Newsagents in Bromley
Silver tier £5,000 winners (share £20,000)
- Dilip and Jaswinder Sheemar of Nisa Local in Huntingdon
- Ayesha Ameen of Nisa Way in Glasgow
- Takdir Singh of Victoria Food and Wine in Aldershot
- Jagit Kaur Chahal of Premier Queensway Stores in Kettering
Bronze tier £2,000 winners (share £18,000)
- Kalbir and Sanjiv Hayre of Premier in Newcastle
- Venu Mittapally of Best One in Llanelli
- Mahendran Sutharshan of West 9 Mini Market in London
- Onkar Singh of Normacs in Wolverhampton
- Sujit Patel of Prospect News & Stores in Corsham
- Kanthasamy Sutharsan of Asvins Food and Wine in Watford
- M Mathiyalagan of Pape Supermarket in Birmingham
- Daljit Singh Khera of Nisa Local in Wednesbury
- Rekha Karavadara of Leverington Stores in Wisbech