Woman wins £1million Lottery With Ticket She Almost Lost

Donna Smith, 41, a Co-op worker from Selsey, Sussex bought a ticket for the July 1 draw before jetting off to Corfu for holiday and stuck it in her purse which she couldn't find.

In her words: “I shudder to think how easily I could’ve lost my £1million ticket.”

“I buy lottery tickets on birthdays and holidays and I was heading for Corfu on 29 June so I bought a ticket for the July 1 draw.

“When I returned from holiday I asked my work mates to check the ticket for me and it came up with a message saying I needed to call Camelot.

“That was the longest walk home from work I have ever done. I kept running into friends and, of course, it’s the most natural thing in the world to stop and chat, especially when you are just back from holiday but I was desperate to get home and make the call.

“While I was phoning Camelot , my daughter Bryony checked online and immediately burst into tears but I kept saying ‘no, no, you must have got it wrong’.

“When Camelot told me I had won £1 million I still couldn’t believe it. I went out to a hen night that evening and found it very difficult to keep the news quiet and my daughter had to go off to work and it took a bit of time for her to calm down.” she said.

Dona, now plans to buy houses for herself, her parents and her daughter.