A SOMERSET woman has won a life changing £1,000,000 in the lottery.

The winner, known only as Miss C, scooped the prize in the EuroMillions UK Millionaire Maker draw on Friday, May 5.

The Somerset local, who played a personal selection of random numbers via the National Lottery app, has become one of over eight million players that win each week on The National Lottery’s range of games.

Interactive winners have the opportunity to release their name, remain anonymous or like this winner, release some details through partial publicity.

Andy Carter, senior winners’ advisor at The National Lottery, said: “What incredible news for Miss C for winning this fantastic prize.

"She has become a million pounds richer overnight.”

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By setting up an online National Lottery direct debit, you can guarantee that you never miss out with the added bonus of having no ticket to worry about or numbers to check.

At national-lottery.co.uk players can buy tickets for all of The National Lottery’s draw-based games including EuroMillions, Lotto, Set For Life and Thunderball.

Once they have registered and set up an account, they can also play a range of online Instant Win Games.

For every EuroMillions line played, UK players automatically receive a EuroMillions Millionaire Maker code printed on their ticket creating a millionaire in every draw.

Thanks to National Lottery players, £30million is generated each week for National Lottery-funded projects.

The money helps support everything from local charities making a difference through to helping our nation's athletes win medals at last summer’s Commonwealth Games.

To date, more than £47billion has been raised for National Lottery good causes, with more than 670,000 individual grants awarded.