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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.
The lifechanging sum was won in Friday’s draw.
This marks the second time a UK-bought ticket has taken the EuroMillions top prize this year, as another lucky ticket-holder won the £39 million jackpot in the draw on New Year’s Day, Camelot said.
The biggest prize ever won by a UK ticket-holder stands at £170,221,000 when their numbers came up in October 2019. The winner decided to remain anonymous.
A few months earlier in June 2019, another UK player, who also decided to remain anonymous, won £123,458,008 which puts them fourth in Camelot’s winners rich list – just above this week’s winner.
Colin and Chris Weir, from Largs in Ayrshire, celebrate their win. (Andrew Milligan/PA)
The lifechanging sum was won in Friday’s draw.
This marks the second time a UK-bought ticket has taken the EuroMillions top prize this year, as another lucky ticket-holder won the £39 million jackpot in the draw on New Year’s Day, Camelot said.
The biggest prize ever won by a UK ticket-holder stands at £170,221,000 when their numbers came up in October 2019. The winner decided to remain anonymous.
A few months earlier in June 2019, another UK player, who also decided to remain anonymous, won £123,458,008 which puts them fourth in Camelot’s winners rich list – just above this week’s winner.
Colin and Chris Weir, from Largs in Ayrshire, celebrate their win. (Andrew Milligan/PA)