Sevens were lucky for some

On an auspicious date, 07/07/07 which was the 7th day of the 7th month (July) of the year 2007,  three lucky winners each won £1,655,605 jackpots in the Lotto draw. The numbers they played to win were 16,22,28,30,33,35, not a seven anywhere!

Annie Owens was one lucky lottery millionaire, who bought herself a ticket after work to cheer herself up. She’s a factory worker from Swansea and women’s rugby player who now plans to buy her team a new strip and take them away for a weekend. Annie had read three different horoscopes in the previous week which said her finances were about to take a turn for the better, so she’s glad she felt lucky and bought herself the Lucky Dip ticket. Next on her spends list is a car.

At the same time in Londonderry, Denis Doherty was celebrating his lucky win and new ‘Millionaire’ status. When he’d been waiting at the Spa, Trench Road to buy his weekly ticket, a child in the queue behind him was screaming for sweets, so Denis quickly selected six random numbers for his ticket and left the shop! He and wife Patricia were able to share the good news of their win with their adult daughters and only have one item on the wish list at the moment, an electric tin opener.

Mobile Hairdresser Mandy Williams from Honiton plans to take a few luxury holidays with her winnings, to New York and China to start with. They will also be investing in property  and buying their adult daughters a car each. Their lucky ticket was bought whilst they were away in Cornwall.

- 25/7/07