Lucky bloke received £1million on a scratchcard – he solely went to the store for some bread

A lucky bloke netted £1million on a scratchcard after nipping to the shop for some bread.

Factory worker Luke Harris, 34, picked up his winning Merry Millionaire scratchcard while buying a loaf to make some packed lunches for his family.

He said: “I scratched it as soon as I got in the car. I looked at it about 10 times and kept saying to myself, ‘This can’t be real’.

“I try my luck on a scratchcard now and again, but I never imagined I would win that amount – I would have been happy with £10!”

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Luke and fiancée Alison, 34, put off their wedding to look for a house and only moved into a new home in Kent three months ago.

“If we weren’t in the area I wouldn’t have gone to that shop and won a million,” Luke said.

“It feels like the stars aligned with the house and the win. We got engaged last September but put it on the back-burner as the house was the priority.

“We are going skiing in February as a family, and we want to go to Lapland next Christmas.”

Will Mahonn, 56, and Emma, 50, said they are still in disbelief after landing the prize just months after tying the knot in June.
They returned to The Aviator hotel near their home in Farnborough, Hants to mark the occasion. This comes as a newlywed couple celebrated a £100,000 lottery scratchcard win at the same special place they spent their wedding night.

Digger driver Will said he even had an Only Fools and Horses moment when a pub manager confirmed his win on the Black Pearl National Lottery Scratchcard. Everyone in the boozer erupted with cheers and screams of excitement, just like in the classic sitcom when Del Boy and Rodney finally become millionaires and The Nags Head crowd goes wild.

Will, who loves to DJ in his spare time, said: “I had left my van at my local pub on the Friday night after a late night of DJing, so on Saturday morning I was just waiting for the bus so that I could go and collect it.

“As I had a bit of time before it arrived, I decided to buy a few Scratchcards from the corner shop. I was excited enough after scratching the first one and winning £35, but it came as a complete surprise when I scratched away the £100,000 win on the next Scratchcard.”

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