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Many of us insist on playing the same lottery
numbers week after week, and we can get quite
annoyed when we find that we have accidentally
marked the wrong one on our entry slip. But
as one Derby couple will tell you, sometimes
a simple mistake can pay off handsomely.
Donald and Ann Webster are avid Derby County
supporters who always play the same line of
numbers for the Saturday Lotto draw. However,
when he was marking his numbers in a Sainsbury's
store for the draw to be held on May 6th, Donald
made a mistake that would change his life forever.
"We always play a line of the same numbers
on Saturday but on this occasion, however, I
accidentally marked 33 instead of 34."
said Donald. "When I told my wife Ann she
persuaded me to leave it as it was so I kept
33, marked 34 and left out our usual number
43 completely."
Ann's persuasion paid off. That Saturday, the
couple won a share of the Lotto jackpot - a
sum of £1,023,801!
"It was just an amazing feeling when our
numbers came up," Donald continued. "Now
we are busy planning what to do with our win.
It's just incredible what happened."
Ann has already come up with a few ideas about
how they might spend some of their new-found
wealth. "The first thing I'm going to do
is upgrade our flights for our annual holiday
to Florida," she said. "We love going
there and this time we can look forward to travelling
in real luxury."
The couple have two sons, and one of them is
planning to get married in December. Ann said,
"We promised our son a honeymoon as a wedding
present and we can now make sure the trip really
is the holiday of a lifetime."
A simple mistake has made Donald and Ann Webster
millionaires, so the next time you accidentally
mark the wrong numbers on your slip, you might
want to think twice before throwing it away
and starting again!
7 June 2006
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