Life changing

Superstition delivers £1Million to new dad

A man from Bournemouth, who only nine weeks ago celebrated the birth of his first child, is celebrating again after he revealed a £1 million top prize on a Scratchcard from National Lottery GameStore.

Jamie Kay, 22, only bought a Millionaire Riches Scratchcard from a local petrol station due to his superstitious streak.

He explains, “My uncle and I both work for the family roofing company and had stopped to refuel the vans on the way to site. As I was going in to pay, the bloke in front of me bought a Scratchcard. I have this ‘thing’ that if someone buys a Scratchcard, I take it as a sign and have to buy the same one.”

Coming out of the garage his uncle shouted across that he was going to the fast food restaurant next door so Jamie put in his breakfast order before parking up in the layby to play the Scratchcard.

He said, “As I played I saw that I’d definitely won something but I didn’t look at the prize until I’d finished the whole game. When I did finally reveal the £1 million symbol it took a while to register.

“I don’t know if it was the shock or the adrenalin but I leapt out of the van and started to leap about, whopping and shouting with joy. At that moment my uncle pulled up, and seeing me leaping about said ‘you’re a bit excited for your breakfast aren’t you?’ When I showed him that National Lottery Scratchcard I was forgiven the crazy behaviour!”

Reception issues

Jamie headed to work and had to wait for 9am to call Camelot to confirm the win. However he’d not allowed for the poor signal in that corner of the countryside and ended up making the all-important call from on top of the roof.

“Come 9am I was wanted to call Camelot and make sure the win was real. I’d already called my partner of four years to share the fabulous news but she didn’t believe a word of it. I was desperate to have it all confirmed so she could see it was real and we could make plans for the future. It’s a good thing I’m a roofer because in the end the only place I could get reception was standing on the highest point of the roof we were working on!”

Family home

Jamie is now making plans for his family’s future. “Since our son arrived, life has had a magical edge to it. Fatherhood is without doubt the best experience. This win doesn’t quite match the joy we felt at becoming parents but it comes in a close second. Knowing we can provide for our growing family is the icing on the cake to what has shaped up to be a pretty smashing year!

“Our first investment will be a family home so we can get on the property ladder, then I’d like to help out family a bit and share the experience with those closest to us. Family is my top priority so I’m not going to do anything too reckless but there might just be one treat, a nice car to grace the driveway of our new home and take me to play matches for my football team, Merley Cobham Sport!”

The National Lottery has been changing the lives of winners and supporting good causes across the UK since 1994. In that time, there have been more than 7,000 new millionaires created and by playing The National Lottery you raise over £4 million for Good Causes every dayΔ.

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