An estate agent based in Penarth in the Vale of Glamorgan has won a significant amount of money on the postcode lottery, thanks to her dad.

Industry stalwart Debbie Tuhey, 58, won a ‘life-changing’ sum of money after her dad, Terry’s, postcode was drawn as the winner of a £3.2million prize, divided with three other neighbours on Saturday.

Tuhey, who works for David Baker & Co, said: “Oh my God! It’s unbelievable. I can go to Graceland for my 60th!

“I don’t win anything at all. I can’t believe it. It’s going to be life-changing.”

Although Tuhey lives in another location with her husband Keith, she continued playing with her dad Terry’s postcode and managed to double her prize by playing with two tickets while every ticket was worth £320,000.

The estate agent won £640,000, which she hopes to use to plan the holiday of a lifetime to the USA, where she will visit the home of musician, Elvis Presley.

Debbie’s husband Keith, 66, said: “Debbie has been playing with this postcode for years and kept doing it even when we moved out. I then started playing at our home in Penarth Heights, hoping one day we’d win.”

The estate agent found out she had won they money her husband phoned her to say she better come home quickly.

Tuhey, said: “I think our lives have just changed forever. The whole day feels like a dream. This doesn’t happen to us; you couldn’t write this sort of thing.”

She added: “Then to get the first cheque was incredible but to get two. I couldn’t speak, I’m still in shock.”

Keith said: “To watch her joy was one of the most beautiful moments of my life. Even now I’m running it back in my head.”

They added: hat while they could do almost anything with the money, she wants “to do Graceland for my 60th next year – and I can do it all business class and everything.”

A spokesperson for the People’s Postcode Lottery said “Players of People’s Postcode Lottery have raised more than £1.3billion for thousands of charities and local good causes.”

The lottery manager added: “Prizes include ‘Millionaire Street’ – a £1m prize every Saturday – £30,000 on Sundays and a multi-million-pound prize is won each month.

“This prize was promoted on behalf of Postcode Support Trust.”