'I'm completely lost for words’: Father-of-three wins £850,000 from £11.89 tickets with Elite Competitions
Having bought 41 tickets at a cost of just £11.89 for the latest Elite Competitions prize draw, which offered people across the UK the chance to win either a stunning £1m luxury home in Lytham or £850,000 in cash, Ricky Naylor from Gloucester was the ultimate lucky prize winner.
After visiting the property with his twin sons last weekend, Ricky decided to take the cash alternative instead. He may have walked away from the fully-furnished 4-bedroom luxury home with state-of-the-art design, sunken swim spa, outdoor kitchen, large artificial lawn, games room, home gym, and entertainment spaces, but he did so almost £1m richer.
Describing how the win left him feeling ‘completely lost for words - emotional, overwhelmed, and incredibly grateful’, Ricky - who lives with his wife, their twin boys, and a baby - received the £850,000 prize pot within 24 hours and says he plans to buy a home closer to family, as they’re currently renting, and use the rest to create amazing memories with the kids.
“It’s wins like this that show the real impact of what we do,” said Alex Beckett, CEO of Elite Competitions. “Ricky’s story is why we exist — to give ordinary people extraordinary opportunities.”
Having been giving away properties since 2020, Elite Competitions has made over 4 million dreams come true since launching in 2017, with the winners of their incredible prizes receiving everything from £500,000 in cash and million-pound houses to luxury cars such as Lamborghinis.
Winners like Ricky have walked away with over £90 million in prizes through their daily InstaWins and guaranteed draws, earning Elite Competitions over 11,000 positive reviews on Trustpilot. In the last 5 years alone, they have helped make 15 people become either mortgage-free or the winners of tremendous cash alternatives.
The company has also just launched another high-value property competition, with entries now open at www.elitecompetitions.co.uk.