Richard Davies, 49, and Faye Stevenson-Davies, 43, have won £1 million from the UK National Lottery for a second time — an outcome experts estimate at about one in 24 trillion. The couple first won in June 2018 and secured the latest prize after progressing through four consecutive draws via Lucky Dips. Both say they will keep working while they decide how to use the new funds.
Welsh Couple Defy 24-Trillion-to-1 Odds With Second £1M Lottery Win
Richard Davies and Faye Stevenson-Davies kept playing the lottery after their first win. - Allwyn/PA
A Welsh couple have achieved what organisers describe as roughly a 24-trillion-to-one feat — winning £1 million from the UK National Lottery for the second time.
Richard Davies, 49, and his wife, Faye Stevenson-Davies, 43, collected their second life-changing prize on Tuesday after following a gut instinct to try again despite the long odds. Their first seven-figure win came in June 2018 in the EuroMillions Millionaire Maker draw.
We knew the odds of it happening again were outrageous,
but we’re proof that if you believe, anything is possible,said Stevenson-Davies, a mental health practitioner, in a statement released by the National Lottery.
Their second £1 million prize was secured after a run of four consecutive draws. Davies explained how a Lucky Dip chain led them from one draw to the next: when you match two numbers in the Lotto draw you automatically win a Lucky Dip for the next game, which in their case kept them in play until the winning draw.
Davies, who worked as a hairdresser before becoming a courier, said the couple plan to keep working. He intends to continue his courier rounds seven days a week over the Christmas period, while Stevenson-Davies will continue offering mental health support to her clients, even on Christmas Day.
The couple have not yet decided how they will spend this latest windfall. After their first win they gifted cars, donated a minibus to the local rugby club and helped friends and family — gestures Davies said were 'amazing' because they made a real difference to people they know.
There have been a few other rare repeat winners elsewhere. In July, Massachusetts man Paul Corcoran reportedly hit the Powerball twice in one night to collect $2 million; and in 2020 a Colorado player won two Powerball prizes within a month using the same long-standing numbers.
This story underscores both the improbability of repeated lottery success and the human side of sudden fortune: the couple remain grounded, grateful and intent on taking their time to decide what's next.
