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A young couple who both work at the same McDonald's
restaurant in Cardiff are celebrating after
winning a £1,369,847 share of the 12 July
Lotto jackpot. Emma Cox and Luke Pittard have
been together for four years and have a two
year old daughter called Chloe. They currently
live with their parents, and are looking forward
to being able to purchase their first family
home.
The lucky win was discovered by Emma, who is
area manager for McDonald's in Pontprennau,
when she checked the winning Lotto numbers on
Thursday morning. However, she had been the
recipient of a good omen on Wednesday.
"It's funny," Emma says, "because
on the day I bought the ticket, I went back
to work and there was a money spider on my hand.
So I said to one of the girls that I was going
to win the lottery that night - obviously never
believing it would happen!
"I've played the lottery since it started.
I think I'm still a bit stunned, as anyone would
be, but obviously absolutely over the moon.
I'm still recovering from the shock but looking
forward to starting to spend some of the winnings."
£1.3 million can buy a lot more than
a happy meal, so it's no surprise that Emma
and Luke have more ambitious plans in mind.
"The whole family's on cloud nine and we're
looking forward to a nice holiday - possibly
a cruise as I've always wanted to go on one
- and then we'll start looking for a new house.
Chloe's only two so is a bit young to understand
it all really, but I'm sure she'll be suitably
spoilt!"
This latest Cardiff win only adds to the bumper
crop of Lotto prizes that have been claimed
in Wales in 2006. In March an ex-teacher name
Mike Straddon also won £1.3 million, and
Bob Bradley, a great-grandfather in Llanelli
won £3.5 million. Factory worker Gareth
Cooper won £2.4 million in April. The
stream of winners continued when Paul Thomas,
a student at Cardiff University, won £100,000
from a National Lottery Scratchcard. And we
can now add the names Emma Cox and Luke Pittard
to the roll of honour.
20 July, 2006
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