A double jackpot
A British man scooped two shares of the jackpot after accidentally buying two lottery tickets with the same numbers.
Derek Ladner picked his regular numbers, 3, 9, 10, 13, 46, 47, when he bought his first ticket for the July 11 draw. However, he later forgot about this and bought another ticket with the same numbers.
When his numbers came up he claimed his £479,142 share of the £2,395,710 jackpot.
A week later he found his second identical ticket and claimed another £479,142.
If he had stuck at one ticket, the jackpot would have been shared by four winners, each taking £598,927.
But Derek’s extra ticket made it a five-way split and netted him almost £360,000 more.
A Camelot spokesman said: "This chap has doubled his money. It must have been a happy surprise."
© bangshowbiz.biz
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