Lucky extra ticket for £7.5m lottery winners
John Hay, 38, from Billingham, and his 70-year-old mother Doreen, from Thornaby, both Teesside, only found they had won on Sunday morning when she checked the newspapers.
Mr Hay, a cable engineer, jumped in his car and sped over to see his mother after she phoned him to say: “John, you’ll have to come over, I think we’ve won the Lottery.”
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Hide AdHe said: “I checked the numbers three times. I couldn’t believe it so I sat down and then checked again.
“It was then I realised we’d won £7.5m.”
Their last holiday was seven years ago and they are now planning a trip to Disneyland, Florida.