A MYSTERY woman, known only as Ms. W from Somerset, has become £100,000 richer overnight after she scooped the top prize on the ‘£100k Jackpot’ Instant Win Game from The National Lottery.

She plans to use her winnings to buy a new car and go on holiday.

The lucky winner, who played 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: “Amazing, what wonderful news for Ms. W who now has an extra £100k in her bank account.

"She can now look forward to some new wheels and a lovely holiday to celebrate. Huge congratulations.”

Players can buy and check their tickets online by downloading the National Lottery app or at national-lottery.co.uk.

Players can also buy and check tickets in retail. Playing online via the app or website means that your ticket is checked, and you get an email notification if you win a prize.

You can also scan your retail tickets on the National Lottery app to check if you're a winner.

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

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

Whether you have your own special numbers or prefer to play using a Lucky Dip selection, national-lottery.co.uk makes playing simple and easy.

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.

The ‘£100k Jackpot’ Instant Win Game is available to play on the National Lottery app. It costs £1.00 to play and offers a 1 in 2.61 overall chance of winning a prize.

By playing any National Lottery game, players generate £30M each week for National Lottery-funded projects.

With over 690,000 grants being made across the UK, this money supports everything from arts to the sport sectors – from the local charity making a difference where you live through to helping our nation’s athletes win Olympic and Paralympic medals.