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British couple scoop million-pound lottery
with forgotten ticket
Friday June 01, 2012 08:05:55 PM,
IANS
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London: A British
couple scooped one million pounds (about $1.5 million) on the EuroMillions lottery with a ticket which they had stuck to their
fridge for over two months and literally forgotten.
Alan, 46, and Kim Elliot, 45, from Nottingham, walked past the
ticket every day. But they remained completely unaware that it was
the winner of a one million pounds prize on a draw held in March,
Daily Mail reported.
They only discovered last Friday that they had actually turned
lucky when building worker remembered to take several old tickets
to his local newsagent to be checked.
Alan said he first felt that his local newsagent was playing a
trick when he checked the ticket and revealed that it was a one
million pound winner.
Though the couple have missed out on around 7,500 pounds in
interest by not banking their win at the time, they said they
weren't going to let that worry them.
They now plan to splash out on holidays and a Range Rover.
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