A man from Lancashire has become a millionaire overnight after winning the National Lottery.

The mystery man, known only as Mr. B from Lancashire, won the £1,000,000 lotto prize by matching five main numbers plus the bonus ball in the draw on Saturday, September 17.

The lucky Lancashire resident, who played a lucky dip, has become one of more than 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.

Camelot’s Andy Carter, senior winners’ advisor at The National Lottery, said:“Huge congratulations to Mr. B for winning this fantastic prize.

“He has become a millionaire overnight!”

Players can buy tickets in retail outlets, play online at national-lottery.co.uk or by downloading the National Lottery app.

Playing online via the website or app means that your ticket is automatically 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.

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

This money helps support everything from the local charity making a difference where you live through to helping our nations' athletes win medals at the recent Commonwealth Games.

To date, over £46 billion has been raised for National Lottery Good Causes, with more than 670,000 individual grants awarded.