I don’t know what it is about Doncaster people but they do seem to have more than their fair share of luck when it comes to lottery jackpot winners. My very first blog post on the 6th of July this year was about Donny pals Wally and Allan who scooped up a cheque for £2 million pounds. Less than four months later I have a strange feeling of Déjà vu as a second Doncaster syndicate, consisting of Dad Les Holmes (58) and his sons Mark (28) and Ian (32), collect a cheque from Camelot, this time for £6.7 million pounds, their share of Saturdays (23rd Oct) double roll over jackpot.
The three have played the same line and number combinations for the past 12 years “We Religiously play the same numbers which we chose at the start, but we never thought we would land the jackpot” said Mark. Oddly his girlfriend Holly saw a fortune teller back in June who told her she would have some luck and the number 7 would be important. The winning numbers were 2, 3, 14, 29, 35 and the bonus ball was 12 before you all break out the calculators to work out the significance of the number 7, it was set of balls 7 that produced the winning combination of numbers.
So what exactly do you do with a winning lottery ticket after checking the numbers, calling the other syndicate members and calling the winners hot line to confirm it? Apparently you keep it in an old biscuit tin just in case there is a fire, Although I have heard that a winner from Glasgow took their ticket to the local police station and had it locked up because of their fear of being burgled…..
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