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Lucky lottery winner hits jackpot and scores the top prize twice in over a year
I won £2.8million jackpot after raiding by son’s piggy bank for last £50p – now I’m cursing my luck and can’t leave home
A DAD who won a £2.8 million jackpot has now regretted his win as he has been left trapped in his own home.
Autorickshaw driver Anoop Babu was in so much debt he confessed he raided his son’s piggy bank to get the last 56p to buy the lottery ticket.
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The dad said he had to raid his son’s piggy bank to get 56p[/caption]
Despite winning the whopping sum solves a lot of his problems, the dad says he has regretted winning as he has been bombarded with requests by strangers and relatives.
He said: “I wish I hadn’t won. The third prize may have been better.”
Anoop from the Indian state of Kerala had applied for a loan from the bank and was even planning to move to Malaysia to work as a cook, the Times report.
The distressed lottery winner says he has regretted winning the big prize as dozens gather every day outside his house in Thiruvananthapuram waiting to ask him for money while others follow him on the street.
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In a video posted on social media, Anoop said: “I went and stayed at my relative’s house, but somehow people found that place too and came there.
“Now I came to my house as my child is unwell. I cannot even take my child to hospital as people are coming and seeking help.”
Anoop -who has been buying lottery tickets for 15 years but has never won- used to earn about 14,000 rupees a month (£158).
He said he plans to use his winnings to pay off his debts, build a house, help his family and donate to charity before setting up his own business.
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Meanwhile, a mum-of-two who scooped £3.6million on the EuroMillions lottery says she has a “comfortable life” so there is nothing she really wants to spend her winnings on.
And a lucky man won more than £45,000 from a leftover ticket he found in his car’s cupholder.
Another man became a millionaire after making a silly mistake when he picked his usual lottery numbers.
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Whopping £12.7m National Lottery jackpot could be yours in DAYS in ‘Must Be Won’ draw – don’t miss out
A WHOPPING £12.7million National Lottery jackpot could be yours in DAYS.
The “Must Be Won” fortune comes after no one scooped Saturday’s top prize.
A whopping £12.7million National Lottery jackpot could be yours in days.[/caption]
No ticket-holders matched all six main numbers to win the jackpot.
Camelot’s Andy Carter, the National Lottery’s senior winners’ adviser, said: “It promises to be an exciting night for Lotto players on Wednesday with a whopping £12.7 million ‘Must Be Won’ jackpot up for grabs.”
He said that in a “Must Be Won” draw, if the jackpot is not won, then prize amount is shared out among the other prize tiers, “meaning lots of players could win lots more”.
There were eight ticketholders in Saturday’s draw who matched five numbers and the bonus ball to win £1 million.
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There were 139 players who each won £1,750 after matching five of the six numbers.
The winning Lotto numbers were 07, 10, 20, 24, 30, 38 and the bonus number was 19.
Set of balls 6 and draw machine Arthur were used.
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No players matched all five numbers to win £350,000 in Lotto HotPicks, which uses the same numbers as the Lotto draw, but 12 matched four numbers to claim £13,000 each.
The winning Thunderball numbers were 04, 05, 11, 20, 32 and the Thunderball number was 09.