Lottery winner using dead mum’s numbers says ‘it was a sign’ after accidentally binning ticket
"My daughter and I would nip to the shop for mum every week for her lottery. She had the same numbers on her little card that she gave me and always told me to put both sides on the numbers.
"I couldn’t believe I won when mum never did, and I just knew she was still around looking after me when the numbers came up."I’m still in shock and always will be. It was a sign from mum and I still can’t believe it."Carol, who had a number of health issues, passed away in May last year. She played the numbers – 7, 17 and 37 – each week, letting the machine at the shops generate the last of the five numbers on the ticket.
"I was shouting to mum that we’d won, and I put the radio on to celebrate, and mum’s favourite song which I played at her funeral was playing.Kelly Firth took her grandson's on a trip to Blackpool using the winnings. Picture: Kelly Firth/SWNS
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