Teenager downloaded lottery app in the bath, then won £120,000 on first try

Sam Lawton, 19, scooped an incredible lottery win on his first attempt while sitting in the bath. PHOTO: SWNS

The data analyst, who lives with his girlfriend Connie Bell, an HR worker, and their one-month-old son, won £120,000 (US$147K) in the National Lottery's newest game, Set For Life.

The prize is paid out in £10,000 monthly instalments for a year.

'I downloaded the National Lottery app in the bath, put a tenner in my account and then played a Lucky Dip.' he told the Daily Mail.

Mr Lawton added: 'It was only an hour, maybe 90 minutes, after I first played when I saw a message on my phone and it said I'd won the second prize - £10k a month for 12 months.’

'Having never played before I asked Connie to take a look. But like me, she had never played before so we called her brother Craig, who'd played the National Lottery for years.

'He said 'on my way, don't move' and within five minutes he was at my front door.

'We checked the tickets and sat there in disbelief wondering if it was true. It was a sleepless night and then I got up and went to work as usual at 8am.'