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Full-time dad and house-husband Roy Ryder won
himself a very tidy £84,643 by matching
five numbers and the bonus ball in the Lotto
draw held on 3 June.
Roy, 39, decided to take care of his children
Adam, 13 and Georgia, 8, and his Skelmesrdale
home on a permanent basis when he was made redundant,
allowing his wife Maxine, 37, to work as an
assistant to a pharmacist. He was at home when
he first found out that he might have "cleaned
up" with the lotto as well.
"I was on the phone to my brother-in-law
and he read off the numbers from that evening's
Lotto draw for me," he explained. "I
casually pulled out the crumpled ticket from
my trouser pocket to discover that five of the
numbers and the bonus ball matched those being
called out over the phone."
The numbers for 3 June were 4, 6, 7, 9, 27,
39 and the bonus ball was 20. However, it took
more than a simple recitation of the numbers
by his brother to convince Roy that he really
had won with a Lucky Dip ticket bought at the
local Asda.
"I was in disbelief and immediately called
Maxine, who came home," he said. "We
drove to Asda and it was only when they checked
the ticket that I knew I'd won."
Roy and Maxine celebrated with champagne and
then started to plan how they would spend their
domestic windfall.
"I'm looking forward to taking my family
on holiday," Roy explained, "especially
as the children haven't been abroad before.
I may even treat myself to a BMW 381 convertible.
We will put the rest of the money away for the
future though."
19 June, 2006
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