National Lottery staff called to alert Ruth and Pete Doyle to their A 1m EuroMillions winnings after they thought they’d won just A 25 Pop the corks: Ruth and Peter Doyle didn’t know they’d scooped A 1million on the EuroMillions A jubilant couple have told how it took TWO MONTHS for them to find out they had won 1 million on the Lottery. So they ignored a lotto email in June telling them they had a winning ticket – and did not bother to check their online account.