Hundreds claim UK lottery
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Hundreds of Britons have attempted to claim a 33 million pound (US$47 million) lottery payout, saying their tickets have been damaged or lost including one woman who said she put hers in the washing machine.
More than a fortnight after the winning numbers of the January 9 National Lottery draw were announced, the enduring mystery was headline news yesterday in the British tabloids, which have homed in on 48-year-old grandmother Suzanne Hinte.
The woman said the bar code, serial number and part of the date on the ticket were smudged away because it was in the pocket of a pair of jeans she washed.
“I wouldn’t make it up, why would I?” she was quoted as saying, claiming her right to half of the 66 million pound jackpot — the biggest in the history of the National Lottery.
The other ticket with the winning numbers has already been claimed by a 54-year-old couple from Scotland, and organizers Camelot may take several months to identify the second winner.
Hinte said she bought her ticket on January 9 at a newsagent’s shop in Worcester, central England, where Camelot said the winning ticket was sold.
Her estranged husband voiced some doubts about her claim but told The Sun, Britain’s best-selling newspaper, that he would be only too happy to be proved wrong.
“I have to say it sounds too good to be true,” Nick, a roofer, told the tabloid.
“I’m hoping and praying she’s the winner.”
“We never divorced so technically I could put a claim in for half. But she’s already told me she’ll look after me and the kids,” he said.
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