Carry on Dreaming

Kerri Cartwright (aged 28) had a dream about winning the lottery, but when she told her boss he just laughed and said “How nice, now get back to work!” A week later Kerri won £2,543,691 from the Wednesday 24 January Lotto draw with the numbers 2,8,10,31,46,48 bought on a Lucky Dip ticket at Tesco in Greenock.

Kerri works part-time at Port Glasgow Golf Club whilst studying for an HNC in Administration and IT at James Watt College, and looking after three-year old daughter Stephani. In fact the only reason she bought her lottery ticket was because Stephani wanted a drink so they popped into Tesco. When the draw was made Kerri typed them into her mobile to check against her ticket but didn’t actually get round to doing it until she was in the canteen at college the next day.

Like many winners Kerri was ecstatic at getting four numbers, then she realised it was five then six. To make sure she gave her ticket and the phone to her friend Jo, to double check. Jo just though Kerri was playing a practical joke as she saw straight away that the six numbers on the phone matched the lottery ticket.

Once she was sure she had won, first stop was to Kerri’s mums shop to double check again, and then they all started dancing round to celebrate. Now the real shopping list starts with a family holiday to Disneyworld and a sports car high on the list.

Retired groundsman Bryan Crook (aged 65), from Stroud won £2,482,376 on Lotto to see out 2006 in style from the Saturday 30 December draw with the numbers 1,2,7,11,37,45. Bryan says he is still in a state of shock as are the rest of his family, but plans are underway for him and his partner Janice to buy a new bungalow, and a caravan in their favourite seaside resort of Burnham.

The couple have been buying their tickets from the same Post Office in Stroud, using the same numbers, based on family and friends birthdays, since the lottery started.

- 02/02/07