Bolton woman becomes UK’s latest Omaze millionaire

Steph Churchill, 36, originally from the borough but now living in Hampshire, is the latest winner of the Omaze Monthly Millionaire Draw, scooping a life-changing £1 million prize, completely tax-free.

Stephanie and Rob Churchill – Omaze Monthly Millionaire winners

Omaze initially struggled to contact Steph after her win, as she had not provided a phone number and did not see multiple emails, as she had been offline while travelling back from a funeral.

When she did open her inbox, she eventually decided to reply to the Omaze emails when curiosity got the better of her.

Within moments of replying, her life had “changed forever”.

After discovering she’d become a millionaire, Steph kicked off celebrations by swigging fizz straight from the bottle, in the glamorous setting of a cricket club carpark!

Steph said: “I’d been travelling back from a funeral, so I was totally offline, and I missed all the emails.

“When I finally checked my inbox and saw emails from Omaze sat there, I just ignored them at first as I never imagined I’d actually won something.

“Then curiosity got the better of me and I opened one of the emails and replied.

“The Omaze team said I’d won something and they were coming to my house to reveal what it is, problem was I’ve recently moved and hadn’t updated my address, so they had to dash from my old house to tell me the good news.

“Fortunately I’d only moved half an hour away.

“Then the next thing I know, I’m being told I’m a millionaire – I just screamed and gave my husband a big kiss and massive hug.

“If I hadn’t grabbed hold of him, I honestly think I’d have collapsed with shock!

Stephanie and Rob Churchill – Omaze Monthly Millionaire winners

“They’d given us a bottle of fizz but no glasses, but that wasn’t going to stop me celebrating, so I just drank it straight from the bottle, I felt like a teenager on a park bench but couldn’t care less!

“Rob was driving so he stuck to fizzy water.

“We were trying to get our heads around what had just happened, so I was ringing mates as I thought telling people would make it more real.

“I was shouting down the phone, ‘I’ve just won a million pounds’ and they just thought I was playing an early April Fools on them.”

But despite her life-changing windfall, Steph was quickly brought back down to earth.

Steph and Rob share their home with her brother Mike and two rescue dogs – Stephen, a little white terrier mix Steph came across on the streets during a hen do in Greece and brought back home with her, and Twinkle Toes, an enormous Romanian Mioritic Shepherd rescued from a public pound – as well as their Maine Coon cat, Ruby.

Steph said: “Then it was straight back to reality.

“The dogs do not care that you are a millionaire, they still need feeding and a walk, so we ended up trudging round a muddy field, so not very jet-set!”

Steph with resuce dog

The couple are both sales managers in the motoring industry who first met six years ago on a work trip to Portugal.

While Steph spent the morning after the win calling friends and slowly coming to terms with their new financial reality, Rob simply got up and went to work as normal.

Steph said: “This win is obviously transformational, but it won’t change who we are as people.

“Rob still got up at 7am and headed to work the day after we found out!

“We’ll both keep working as we love our jobs, but all the pressure is off and we can just focus on enjoying life and helping our friends and family.

“I worked really hard when I was younger and didn’t really go out, so I could buy a home for myself.

“I was probably quite boring to be honest, but now it feels like it has all paid off.

“We can clear our mortgage, travel the world and do all the things we’ve always talked about.

“It feels like I can relive my 20s, but this time with an unbelievable budget.”

The couple have already booked a ski trip to France, with bigger adventures to Japan and Australia now firmly on the cards.

They also plan to rescue more dogs and are now able to explore starting a family, but top of the shopping list is a hot tub for the garden.

Steph added: “We have always talked about doing the garden up, and now we can do that comfortably and will definitely be adding a hot tub as we can afford the extravagance now!

“This win is not just going to change our lives, it is going to change the lives of the people around us too.

“We will be able to support our friends and family in a way we never could before, and that is one of the best feelings of all.”

Steph entered the draw via an Omaze subscription, having signed up earlier this year, five years since she last entered.

The Omaze Monthly Millionaire Draw runs every month, guaranteeing one UK winner £1 million, tax-free, each time.

Omaze helps raise money for good causes across the UK through its prize draws, with more than £100 million raised to support UK charity partners since launching in 2020.

Stephanie Churchill – Omaze Monthly Millionaire winner

Matt Pohlson, CEO and Founder of Omaze, said: “We’re absolutely delighted for Steph and Rob. Ski trips, dream holidays, rescuing more dogs and helping the people they love – it’s fantastic to see so many brilliant plans already taking shape, and everyone at Omaze is thrilled for their future.

“Omaze gives people the chance to win life-changing prizes, while also raising significant funds for incredible causes.

“Thanks to the generosity of the Omaze community, we’ve now raised over £100 million for good causes across the UK.”

To date, Omaze has awarded over £200 million in total prize value to its customers in the UK, creating more than 50 millionaires through a combination of spectacular Grand Prize house wins and tax-free cash prizes including the Monthly Millionaire Draw.

Single purchase entries cost just £10 per Omaze Monthly Millionaire Draw, with Omaze Subscribers receiving automatic entries each month.

Draw entries for the Omaze Million Pound House Draw, Cotswolds, are available now at omaze.co.uk.

The Grand Prize Draw closes on Sunday 26th April 2026 for online entries and Tuesday 28th April 2026 for postal entries.

Draw entries for the Omaze Million Pound House Draw, Lake District, are also available now at omaze.co.uk.

In addition to the Grand Prize, anyone entering online by Midnight on Sunday 12th April 2026 (Tuesday 14th April 2026 for postal entries) will also be in with the chance to win an incredible Early Bird Prize: a Range Rover Autobiography worth over £130,000 plus £100,000 in cash.

Entrants can also subscribe for best value bundles and automatic entry into every monthly House, Early Bird and Omaze Monthly Millionaire Draw.

For full terms and conditions, see omaze.co.uk.

No purchase necessary to enter. Over 18s and UK residents only.