Mum’s ‘divvy’ brings Lotto happiness

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A WARRINGTON couple have won £585,956 on the national lottery Lotto draw with their luck coming from a dividend number – more commonly known as ‘divvy’ – used to choose the winning line.
Michael and Margaret Sampson are still in shock since discovering they matched five numbers plus the bonus ball in the Lotto Quadruple Rollover draw and can’t wait to start planning their future, with a house move to a bungalow and a holiday top of their list.
Michael (55), a Plant Operator with PQ Corporation said: “I can’t believe the membership number the Co-op gave to my mum years ago, to help her save money off her shopping, has also brought us this good fortune – not only that, we bought the winning lottery ticket from the Co-op as well! When I buy a ticket I always use a selection of digits from her number – 44,11,8 – to make up my six.
“We decided to have a Chinese for dinner so I went to get a take-away. There was quite a long queue, so I decided to go to the Co-op first to get a lottery ticket before returning. At the till, I stood at the side of someone and watched them fill in the playslip and buy the ticket before I did mine – looking back I’m not sure why I did this as there was no queue and I could have gone straight to the till – maybe my whole visit to buy the ticket was fate!
“On Saturday night, I went to check my numbers on the computer upstairs as Margaret was watching ‘Take Me Out’ on TV and I didn’t want to watch it. I couldn’t believe it when they were our numbers and I thought I had got the wrong date, so I shouted to Margaret to come upstairs – I made her sit in the chair and check the numbers too. We are still in shock – it just doesn’t feel real yet!”
The couple have two grown up children and three grandchildren and excitedly told them their good news first. “They are made up for us”, said Margaret (55), who is a part-time domestic at an NHS clinic. A holiday could be on the cards but they have both decided they will continue to work for the time being – “I’m not ready to be a lady of leisure just yet”, said Margaret.
When Lotto reaches a Quadruple Rollover then the jackpot has to be won. If no one matches all six numbers in the draw then the jackpot prize will be shared between the winners in the next winning prize level. No ticket-holder matched all six main numbers in the draw on 4 January, so each of the 23 winners who matched five main numbers and the bonus ball banked a stunning £585,956.
In addition a quadruple rollover sees the number of winners in the Lotto Raffle boosted to 250. For every Lotto line bought the player will receive a unique code – match the code and £20,000 is won instantly.
The ticket was bought from Co-op, Padgate Lane, Orford and the Lotto numbers from the draw on 4 January 2014 were 4, 11, 18, 28, 41, 44 and the Bonus Ball was 8.


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