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A 25 year old student from Burnley in Lancashire
has won the jackpot in the Rich for Life scratchcard
game. The Rich for Life game costs £5
to play, but offers the top prize winner £40,000
per year for life, making it the biggest annuity
prize ever offered by the National Lottery in
the UK.
Roxanne Newton is studying to become a qualified
youth worker, and two weeks before she scratched
herself financial security for life, she had
a dream which predicted the event with incredible
accuracy.
"I dreamt I had won the top prize on a
Rich for Life scratchcard," Roxanne said.
"I didn't really think anything of the
dream at the time, but I told my friend Natalie
and family about it. I was joking that it was
going to be me winning the big prize some time!"
Roxanne bought her winning ticket from a Spar
convenience store after looking at the scratchcards
and recalling her previous dream. She then hopped
on the bus, played the game and discovered that
her dream had come true. Within a matter of
seconds, that scratchcard had become one of
Roxanne's most treasured possessions, and she
immediately began guarding it with her life.
"After getting off the bus, I rang my
mum to let her know the good news," Roxanne
continued. "But when I told her, she thought
I was winding her up about my dream a couple
of weeks earlier. I kept the ticket on me all
the time, I was so scared I would lose it, I
put in under my mattress for safe keeping!"
The £40,000 a year prize will have a
big impact on Roxanne's future, and she has
already started making plans about how to use
her new annual income wisely.
"I would like to commit some time to going
back to study art as well as learning to drive
and treating myself to a black VW Golf,"
she said. "I'm not exactly sure what I
will spend it on, however it will mean a lot
more financial security for the rest of my life!"
20 February, 2007
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