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Bill Othen, a farmer from Alton, is celebrating
an early harvest of the Lotto type after matching
five numbers and the bonus ball to win £86,110
on 24 June.
Bill, who is 68 years of age and married to
Rita, works at Winchfield Court Farm in Winchfield.
He plays the same numbers regularly
- the ages and birthdays of his daughters and
three grandchildren. He also buys his tickets
from the same place each week - from the Total
Convenience Store on Winchester Road in Four
Marks. Some people might say that his habitual
play patterns might have helped him to get lucky,
but it could have been his joke about winning
the Lotto moments before the draw took place
that made the fickle finger of fate point in
his direction…
His daughter Julie had paid a visit to the
family home to show him the new car that she
had bought earlier that day. Bill describes
what happened next:
"I told Julie that I also needed a new
car and that we'd go out the next day to have
a look at some. In the next breath, I said that
it would be nice to win the lottery to go with
it. It was amazing - moments before the draw
I had been wishing that we would win and then
we did. I never thought that it would be me,
but this time it was!"
Bill discovered that he had won in real time
as he watched the draw take place live on television.
"I was watching the Saturday night draw
at home with my wife Rita when we discovered
we had won. We were shocked and excited, and
phoned the family immediately to tell them the
good news."
And what will he be spending his money on?
Well, there are no surprises here: "Top
of the shopping list is definitely that new
car I need. I want to buy a Peugeot 207. The
rest of the money is going into the bank for
the moment."
For Bill at least, wishing out loud for a Lotto
win paid off handsomely. Whilst we can't guarantee
that the same principle will work for everyone,
we're willing to give anything a go just in
case. How about you?
18 July, 2006 |
