John Pitt logged into his Lottery account after he matched three numbers and a star in the EuroMillions draw.
A pensioner has revealed he feels 'cheated' after discovering his winnings after matching three numbers and a star on the EuroMillions.
The Everton man told the ECHO: "I thought, 'this can't be right' so I phoned the National Lottery. The man on the other end came back and told me that the prize for each outcome is determined by how many people won it - and then divided between them. He told me that that's just the way it is. " "The way they said: 'That's just the way it is' when they could have said: 'Oh, sorry, we've made a miscalculation and we've fixed it' - that would be better.
A spokesperson for Allwyn, the operator of The National Lottery, said: "Unlike some of our other draw-based games, EuroMillions does not have fixed prize tiers and the amount a player wins in a particular draw will be dependent on how many other players have also won in that tier.
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