Three lucky jackpot winners, living in LS17 6JE, even managed to take home a prize of £369,425 each.
Here are some of our favourite photos from the day, complete with the gigantic novelty cheques!
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Some of the Postcode Lottery winners at Soldiers Field on Saturday. Photo: Steve Riding
. Postcode Lottery winners at Soldiers Field, Leeds saturday 03-09-2022 Paul and Julie Meehan Postcode Lottery
Grand prize winners Paul and Julie Meehan took home a combined total of £738,850. When asked how it felt to have won, Paul told the crowd: “I’m not going to work on Monday, that’s for sure – I have retired early!” Photo: Steve Riding
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The big People’s Postcode Lottery event, which took place in Soldiers Fields, Roundhay park, saw the prize money divvied out across all players living in the LS17 6 area. Photo: Steve Riding
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Some of the Postcode Lottery winners at Soldiers Field on Saturday. Photo: Steve Riding
2. Postcode Lottery winners at Soldiers Field, Leeds saturday 03-09-2022 Paul and Julie Meehan Postcode Lottery
Grand prize winners Paul and Julie Meehan took home a combined total of £738,850. When asked how it felt to have won, Paul told the crowd: “I’m not going to work on Monday, that’s for sure – I have retired early!” Photo: Steve Riding
3. Clap-clap
The big People’s Postcode Lottery event, which took place in Soldiers Fields, Roundhay park, saw the prize money divvied out across all players living in the LS17 6 area. Photo: Steve Riding
4. Double the joy!
Karen Dodd had already won £2,000 playing the postcode lottery last year, when her husband "got jealous" and started playing too - meaning they got double the winnings on Saturday. "Always listen to your wives, girlfriends or partners," Karen said. "We know what we’re talking about!” Photo: Steve Riding
5. All smiles
Overall, 438 people living in the LS17 6 area won a share of the winnings, with prizes ranging from just over £4,000. Photo: Steve Riding
6. Not a bad day!
The full prize fund was £3.2m - and Malkinder Singh and Leelum Singh took home £13,044 of it. Photo: Steve Riding