Lottery win sparks street celebrations
Lucky postcode lands street £270k
Several lucky Rutherglen residents are celebrating after scooping thousands of pounds apiece on the People’s Postcode Lottery. A total of seven households on St Blane’s Drive shared the massive £270,000 prize between them. One winner actually actu moved from the area fo four years ago but was able to ke keep playing the game as her da daughter took over the house. Lottery representative and X Factor star Danyl Johnson, left, was on hand to spread the good news.
A group of Rutherglen residents are celebrating after their street landed a massive cash prize in the People’s Postcode Lottery.
Seven households on St Blane’s Drive are sharing a whopping £270,000 prize.
Two lucky households in the G73 2BD area, who wished to remain anonymous, won £ 60,000 each while another five houses on the street each scooped £30,000.
The residents were told of the news by Lottery ambassador Danyl Johnson.
One winner, Liz Keenan, managed to pocket £30,000 despite leaving the area four years ago.
She moved to Hamilton but her daughter Natasha took over the house so Liz, who has been a fan of the lottery for 16 years, was able to keep playing the prize game.
Natasha said: “It’s an amazing piece of luck.
“It’s the family home and I grew up here.
“After my mum and dad moved out, it was lying empty before I moved back.
“It’s just as well or they would have missed out. Most of the street is quiet and people are quite private – but my mum and dad aren’t like that.”
A delighted Liz and husband John found out while on holiday in Spain.
Liz, a social worker, said: “It was an exciting trip back to Scotland knowing that there was a big cheque waiting for us.” And she already has a few ideas about how to spend the cash prize, saying she would like to move to Spain eventually. She added: “Well probably get a new bath r o om. Get it totally revamped, and get the house decorated. That would be good.
“There’s a couple of charities that we’re thinking of sharing a wee bit with as well.”
However, the couple did have to temper their celebrations slightly, as the had to quarantine after returning from their sunshine holiday.
Sunday’s draw was promoted on behalf of Unicef, with players having raised more than £8.1 million for the charity and more than £600m to date for thousands of other projects.
Danyl Johnson said: “Congratulations to Liz and all our other winners in Rutherglen.
“It sounds like a really friendly community and I’m so happy that we could bring them all this amazing news.”
Pleased Natasha, whose mum Liz scooped £30,000
It’s a friendly community and I’m happy to bring this news