He thought he had struck the Jackpot, but it turns out that Jack Squat did not get.
Dean Smethurst went from raps to riches, and after again rags again after mistakenly believed that he had won more than $ 68,000 (£ 50,000) through the UK National Lottery, operated by Camelot Group.
“I thought,” that is. It is real. My numbers have appeared, “said Smethurst, 32, responsible for supermarkets, saying that he even” opened the opening of the bubble “to celebrate what was a major paid day.
But those champagne soakes quickly turned into a sour grape disorders once updated with the disgust reality that had only gained a measure of $ 8.16 (£ 6) in awards.
The Brit bought a lottery ticket on Saturday, May 4, and went to Tesco, a local grocery store where he had previously worked, to check his numbers the following Wednesday, May 8.
“I talked to the box girl and gave her the ticket number,” Millennial recalled.
“She introduced it and said,” Well done, you have won … Three lucky tanks, “she said, referring to three sets separated from lottery numbers generated randomly.
“I asked him if he was safe and then asked to talk to a manager,” Smethurst continued, who received a round round of applause from Tesco employees on his ears.
“The receipt said that he would win a prize, that the store would not be able to pay -and should contact camelot immediately,” he said.
Unfortunately, the company’s telephone lines had already closed for the night. Thus, unpleasant hope rushed to the Camelot site and learned that he had won at least $ 68,000.
It was the dream of the working class that came true, but he did not realize that a rude awakening was on the horizon.
“I didn’t sleep [that night] As he was so excited, “said Smethurst, who is currently renewing his $ 135,000 residence.” My house is like a place of construction right now, so it was the first thing I decided to spend my earnings. “”
“Then I decided to treat the family for a luxury holiday in Barbados,” the poor man confessed, adding that he had immediately presumed the massive wind to his friends and family.
However, in the midst of all the mini mogula, he never stopped to check himself the lottery ticket numbers.
At 8:00 am of the next day, on May 9, it was called Camelot, who was waiting for a greeting greeting. Instead, he achieved what he felt like a boot in his ass.
The organization officials reported to Smethurst that he had checked his Saturday (May 4) ticket on Wednesday (May 8) during a “raffle salon”: a period of time when the lottery ticket sales for a specific game are temporarily suspended while the draw of this game occurs. During a pause, lottery tickets cannot be purchased or valued (checking the earnings).
Due to its abused Wednesday night calendar, the Smethurst ticket, which won a little over $ 8, caused the receipt indicating that he had won and should contact Camelot for payment.
Wannabe Bigwig mistakenly meant that the receipt message automatically meant that he was hit.
“When he had bought the ticket, he had bought a few for Saturday and Wednesday’s raffles,” Smethurst explained. “Because the Wednesday draw was in the process of taking place, it seems that this was an automated message, which would have been given by any victory.”
“I was absolutely disgusted,” said the uncle, which, rather than tropical holidays, is badly headed “back to the drawing box now.”
A Camelot representative further exposed the combination of Smethurst, saying: “In this case, the player tried to claim a prize during a” tie “, when national lottery sales are suspended while a tie occurs.”
“The prize could not be paid at that time because the ticket was still introduced into a” live “draw, said the spokesman,” so a validation slip was printed. “
“To clarify, this generic slip is used for various scenarios; not used exclusively for high -level awards.”
The deforting discomfort, however, took a break that fateful on Thursday. It was his day off the job, which meant that he did not have to endure any tape of his colleagues, at least immediately.
“I just watched television and my mother made me a little food,” said a Smethurst Crestfallen, “which was not much comfort.”
Despite the cheeky melancholy, its not so attractive victory may have been a disguised blessing.
Jay Sommers became the youngest winner in Michigan State Lottery in 1988, with an impressive $ 5 million at the age of 20. But he did everything in the Nascar races and now he is a criminal mechanic.
Alysa Mosley, a Big Apple -based lottery winner, also recently told The Post that the money did not automatically improve his life.
“Having -everything is not the key to peace and happiness,” he warned.
“I spend a lot of time alone,” Moselly added, admitting that non-makes often try to manipulate it in the hope of putting their hands on their hands. “I’m not in a place where I need companionship so bad that I would ignore a red flag and I would take advantage of.”
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