Three’s Lucky for some

Winning a jackpot must be a fantastic feeling, but it’s amazing what variation there is in the amount jackpot winners actually get. On Wednesday 27 June Marcus Lewis was one of three lucky winners of the Lotto jackpot, and he’s now got a cheque for £891,682. Two weeks earlier Colin and Maureen Darwood were also one of three lucky jackpot winners for the draw on Saturday 16 June, and their cheque was for £1,633,505.

Mind you, the £891,682 that 41 year old Liverpool fan Marcus Lewis won will do him just fine. He knows his life will change forever, not least because he’ll be buying a Liverpool FC season ticket. Then there are his wife and four children to be catered for and plans include sorting the house and buying a Mini Cooper. Marcus only found out he’d won a lot of money when he took his ticket into the shop to be checked, as it was a Lucky Dip that he’d bought at the Spar in Wrexham with the numbers 7,13,23,40,41, 48.

Grimsby couple Maureen and Colin Darwood had only just celebrated their Golden Wedding anniversary when they found out they were Lotto millionaires. First on the list of ‘must buys’ is a family trip to Orlando for the lucky couple, their four children and 12 grandchildren. Then when they are back they will be looking at buying a new car and a new house. The couple checked their numbers on Teletext and kept checking as they couldn’t believe they’d won. They called one of their sons to ask him to check, that they did really have the winning numbers 8,17,33,41,43,45. The Darwoods are the fourth millionaires to be created in Grimsby courtesy of the lottery. Roy Gibney won £7.5m in 1998, Jacqueline King won £14m also in 1998 and Steve Appleby won £3m in April this year.

- 13/7/07