Um dos números que ela queria usar ao apostar na loteria era o de seu filho Darren, que fez 27 anos no mês passado. Entretanto, Janet, uma técnica farmacêutica de Braunton, se esqueceu e colocou o número 26 junto à série 1, 17, 24, 30.
Todos os números foram sorteados e ela dividiu o prêmio de 2,6 milhões de libras. "Nós estamos chocados. Não caiu a ficha ainda. Todos os outros números significam algo para mim e eu os atualizo assim que nosssas vidas vão mudando. Mas eu tenho me esquecido um pouco recentemente. Provavelmente por causa da idade", disse ela o jornal The Sun.
Redação Terra
LUCKY Janet Baddick won £1.3million on the Lottery — because she forgot her son’s age.
The dozy mum, 49, always uses numbers representing family ages and important dates.
One was the age of son Darren, a chef, who turned 27 last month.
But Janet, a pharmaceutical technician, forgot to change the number and picked 26, along with 1, 17, 24, 30, and 49 for last Wednesday’s draw.
All six numbers came in and she split a jackpot prize of £2,596,446.
Janet, of Braunton, Devon, was presented with a cheque for £1,298,223 yesterday.
She said: “We are gobsmacked. It hasn’t sunk in yet. All our numbers mean something to us and I update them as our lives change.
" But I’ve been a bit forgetful recently, probably due to age, and I forgot to change Darren’s birthday on the ticket.”
Hubby Nick, 53, also a pharmaceutical worker, said: “She rushed upstairs in a right state when she realised we’d won. I thought one of our dogs had died.”
The couple, whose second son Chris is 24, plan to splash out on cars and a holiday in Florida.
