Man thought he'd won £11 million on lottery only to be told he'd be getting nothing

Non-lottery players, like myself, will often fantasise about what they would do with all the money if bagged the jackpot.

Retiring your parents, buying a nice house, along with an overpriced mistake or two.

Though the chances of winning are seriously stacked against you, even more so if you don't buy a ticket.

However, Lotto player Mark Fletcher thought he had won an eye-watering £11 million - only to find that his winnings came to zero.

Mark Fletcher thought he won the £11 million jackpot. (SWNS)

The father-of-one, from Wigan, was over the moon when all of his six numbers were drawn last month.

When Mark went to contact Lotto, the company told him that he had misread the information and was actually looking at the results checker on the app.

"I was a bit shocked when I checked the numbers and found they matched," the 49-year-old explained.

"However when I rang them up to check I was on the phone for 45 minutes and the woman was adamant I wasn’t a winner.

"Then I asked why it was telling me I’d won and if there was a fault with the app, and they denied that also."

Lotto said that Mark forgot to buy a ticket.

"I felt as if I was being put under a lie-detector," he added.

"She kept saying, ‘you haven’t bought that ticket, have you Mark?’

"When people play the Lotto, they think it's a trustworthy service but I'm doubting that now.

"They've not shown any empathy towards me.

"It has impacted me - I'm left thinking about all the 'what ifs.'

"If they've told me I've won but in actual fact I've won nothing, it's a bit cruel and I've had sleepless nights."

The father-of-one was gutted. (SWNS)

A spokesperson for Lotto operators Allwyn said: "Players can select any set of ‘my numbers’, save these in their app account and then go into the app and check them against any previous draw.

"It has nothing to do with whether a player actually played the numbers or not - and, in this case, the player did not play this set of six numbers via his online account for the draw on June 29, or indeed in any draws prior to the draw on June 29 taking place."

LADbible Group has contacted Allwyn for additional comment.

This comes after people were all saying the same thing to a teenager who shared they'd won a £3.6 million jackpot staggered out in £10,000 instalments every month for the next 30 years.

And 'DO NOT TELL ANYONE', was the common advice given to the teen.

Others told them to 'let the euphoric haze of winning settle first so you can think straight'.