Christmas<\/a> shopping. I didn\u2019t answer the first couple of calls because we thought it was probably a spam caller trying to flog us something.<\/p>\n![\"Rob](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/0_couple-found-ou-1465208.jpg\")
Rob and Lisa Nicholson(Image: Omaze\/SWNS)<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen I finally picked up and realised it was Omaze, I looked at my wife and said \u2018I think we need to ditch the McFlurrys and get home now!\u2019 So we left our McFlurrys in a hurry and headed straight back to the house to meet the Omaze team.<\/p>\n
\u201cAfter the dust had settled and we knew we\u2019d become millionaires, we were both in shock. I wasn\u2019t sure how to celebrate so suggested having a nice cup of tea, but my wife said opening a bottle of wine would be far more appropriate.”<\/p>\n
Rob, a design engineer who has worked in the industry for 40 years, lives in West Yorkshire with Lisa, who works for the NHS as a social care administrator. The couple, who will celebrate their 23rd wedding anniversary this week, have three children: Charlotte, 31, Lewis, 30, and Max, 21.<\/p>\n
He continued: \u201cWhen I told my boss he said \u2018why are you still here?\u2019 as he assumed I\u2019d retire straight away. But I love my job and I love the people I work with, so I\u2019ll cut down my days for a while and then finally retire and pass the baton on. I\u2019ve mainly carried on working so we can pay our son\u2019s university fees, thanks to the win we can now pay them all off in one go.\u201d<\/p>\n
Rob said the Omaze Monthly Millionaire Draw win could not have come at a better time. He added: \u201cThis is such a life-changing sum of money, it will really transform things for the whole family.<\/p>\n
“Both our boys are autistic, so having this extra money will make a big difference. We\u2019ll be able to help all three of the kids, it means the world to us that we\u2019ll be able to give our children such a fantastic head start in life.\u201d<\/p>\n
Rob also said how life has been challenging in recent times: \u201cIt feels like it’s been one thing after another for us over the past few years.<\/p>\n
![\"Rob](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/0_couple-found-ou-1465215.jpg\")
Rob said he almost didn\u2019t answer when Omaze rang as he thought it was a ‘spam call'(Image: Omaze\/SWNS)<\/p>\n
“My wife lost her mum to leukaemia a few years ago, and her dad now lives with us. Our daughter Charlotte has moved back home recently too. So this win really does take a huge amount of pressure off all of us, a cloud has been lifted and we\u2019ve now got permanent smiles on our faces.”<\/p>\n
Their daughter Charlotte, who works 6am-9pm six days a week trying to save for a deposit for a house, burst into tears when she heard the news.<\/p>\n
Rob said: \u201cMy wife rang her and told her, and Charlotte said: I told you something good was going to happen to you, you deserve it so much. We can now help her get her first home, it’s beyond wonderful.\u201d<\/p>\n
He said that he never considered himself a lucky man, joking: \u201cI once won \u00a33 in a raffle, that cost me \u00a33, but I\u2019ve more than broken even this time. Seeing all those zeros land in my account is something I\u2019ll never forget.\u201d<\/p>\n
He added: \u201cMy wife has already said it\u2019s time for us to have some time together, enjoy life and treat ourselves. I know she\u2019s had her eye on a special bag, but now we can go back to get it. I imagine the Christmas lists will be pretty long this year! Although we won\u2019t waste it all, my wife still bought a second class stamp yesterday.”<\/p>\n
As well as changing Rob and Lisa\u2019s lives forever, Omaze helps raise money for good causes across the UK through its prize draws, with more than \u00a3100m raised to support UK charity partners since launching in 2020.<\/p>\n
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Rob and Lisa Nicholson(Image: Omaze\/SWNS)<\/p>\n