OUTTA LUCK
I was seconds away from losing my entire £30,000 Postcode Lottery jackpot by pressing the wrong button on website
The mum-of-two aims to use the whopping prize money to improve the playgroup she runs
A MUM has revealed how she almost lost her whopping £30,000 People's Postcode Lottery jackpot with one mistake.
Beth Guest, 40, was "gobsmacked" when she found out her home in Gloucester was drawn.
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The mum-of-two was the only winner from the area and revealed she celebrated with a hot chocolate.
However, Beth admitted she almost missed out on the jackpot after nearly cancelling her ticket a couple of weeks before.
"I never thought I would win in a million years," she said.
"I nearly cancelled my ticket a few weeks ago - I'm glad I didn't now."
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The money couldn't have come at a better time for Beth, who runs a playgroup.
She aims to finish her house with the prize money and upgrade all her appliances.
Beth added: "I run a playgroup for the local community.
" I set the group up while I was on maternity leave with my second son.
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"There are some bits I've had my eye on that I've wanted to buy for a while, so it'll be nice to get that."
Matt Johnson, Street Prize Presenter, revealed to Beth, from Dursley, that she had won the jackpot.
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"What a lovely way to end 2022 - a massive congratulations to Beth and her family," he said.
It comes after a retired NHS nurse who secured £12,000 a month for a year claimed she used to have terrible luck.
Megg Carr, 69, was stunned after learning she had won a total of £144,000 in the People's Postcode Lottery.
However, the retired nurse and her husband Andy revealed they were kicked out of their home in 1992 and weren't able to buy it back for 22 years.
The mum-of-five from North Yorkshire, said: "It was heartbreaking to leave."
The family was forced to move out of their home when British Coal successfully got a compulsory purchase order.
Megg has since bought the back house and is excited to use her newly-earned cash to transform it.
The retired nurse also aims to treat her five daughters and seven grandchildren, saying: "There are a lot of things on their lists that we can tick now."
And this lorry driver quit his job in "minutes" after learning he had won an eye-watering lotto jackpot.
Tony Hedley was in the middle of his shift when his wife Christine, 65, phoned him to tell him the good news.
After pulling over, 65, told him they had scooped up two prizes of £166,666 making a total of £333,000.
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This prompted Tony to immediately ring his boss to tell him he wouldn't be coming to work anymore.
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