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Angela Leese, a mother of five who lives in
Leek, has won £117,796 by matching five
numbers plus the bonus ball in the Lotto draw
which took place on 12 August. Angela, who is
47, was watching the draw take place live on
BBC television, and recognised several of the
numbers as being on her ticket. However, it
was her youngest daughter Stephanie who carried
out a proper cheque and discovered that Angela
had won the second-best prize possible.
"I thought I recognised some of the numbers
but as I hadn't got my glasses on," Angela
explained. "Stephanie said she would check
the tickets. She's the joker of the family and
I thought she was winding me up when she said
we'd won. I eventually found my specs and realised
that she was actually being serious. So I really
had to believe it!"
Angela's winning ticket was bought at her local
Somerfield store, and her numbers were selected
at random.
"I just couldn't stop shaking until my
other daughter Nicola came home from work,"
she added. "She calmed me down before we
started phoning around the rest of the family
and our closest friends to tell them the news."
£117,796 is a substantial amount of money,
and spending it wisely will take some planning.
Fortunately, Angela isn't short of ideas on
how to put her six figure windfall to good use.
"My family is everything to me and we
will enjoy this money together," she said.
"I'm going to give each of the girls some
money, finish off the renovations to the house
and then pay off my mortgage. Once that's done,
we can have a holiday as a family. Florida is
already at the top of the list of destinations."
29 August 2006
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