A tough-working couple are celebrating successful a £3.8million Lotto jackpot simply days earlier than Christmas.
Tesco driver Jonny Johnston, 45, has vowed to take his household on a cruise to the Caribbean after scooping the massive sum on the finish of a shift delivering turkeys and all of the trimmings. Jonny mentioned he and companion Christina Williams, 46, left, couldn’t imagine their luck once they obtained the excellent news in an e mail from the National Lottery.
He mentioned: “I just kept staring at the numbers on my account. I thought maybe I had won £38,000 but then there were too many zeros. We both began to think that it was a trick, a scam even.”
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The couple, from County Fermanagh, who’ve three kids, referred to as lottery operators Camelot and found they actually had been millionaires. Jonny mentioned: “The children had been silent at first, each of us in disbelief. And then everybody was leaping across the kitchen cheering.
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“Seeing as it was still early, we popped the kettle on and toasted the amazing news with a cup of coffee!”
After learning of his amazing win, Jonny still had another shift to work at Tesco before Christmas and was determined not to leave his colleagues in the lurch. He completed a ‘click and collect’ shift at the local store on Saturday, December 23, handing over bags of Christmas turkeys and all the trimmings to unsuspecting customers who had no idea the man helping them load their car up was a millionaire.
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Jonny and Christina plan to make use of this newfound wealth to supply monetary safety for his or her household, in addition to to take pleasure in some well-deserved leisure time collectively. The couple have by no means been overseas collectively and Jonny has by no means owned a passport.
Jonny mentioned: “I’d love for us all to go to The Caribbean, perhaps on a cruise because it sounds and appears unbelievable. “
The family did admit the win came just in time to give their Christmas pressies a boost and the family gifts under the tree this year included designer handbags and fancy £450 leather boots.
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