Derbyshire couple win EuroMillions fortune thanks to ex-miner s bad eyesight
Denis Fawsitt was too short-sighted to use his usual numbers
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South Derbyshire couple Denis and Ann Fawsitt celebrating their big EuroMillions win (Image: Camelot)
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But it might have all been very different if Denis Fawsitt hadn’t forgotten his glasses when buying his ticket.
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A retired couple are celebrating winning more than £100,000 on the Euromillions after the husband bought a Lucky Dip because he had forgotten to take his glasses to the shop.
Denis Fawsitt, 80, from Hatton, Derbyshire, who normally uses family birthdays for his weekly numbers, was forced to rely on the random selection when he realised he had left his spectacles at home and could not see the play slip properly.
But his lucky piece of forgetfulness paid off when he scooped £116,124 by matching five numbers and one Lucky Star number in the draw on March 16.
The former builder and coal miner and his wife Ann, 75, who have two daughters, Sally and Sharon, two grandsons and a granddaughter, are now planning to treat themselves to a house and garden makeover following their fortunate win.