English couple win €205 million but lose prize due to invalid ticket

Rachel and Liam subscribed to an automatic subscription to the European Lottery, but failed to pay the money needed to buy the ticket that could have made them multi-millionaires.

From jackpot to total disappointment. Originally from the county in Hertfordshire, north of London, a young English couple thought they had won the prize of a lifetime in EuroMillions: 182 million pounds, or 205 million euros, during a draw in February 2021.

According to British press The story echoes only now, when Rachel and Liam, then 19 and 21 respectively, receive a text message from Camelot, the operator that manages the European lottery, and the news is all official – Manse, announcing their win. .

“I’m heartbroken”

The beautiful story will soon stop. said the young woman the sun, he explains that he called the number provided to collect his winnings. There he was told:

“You have the correct numbers, but you don’t have the money in your account to pay for the ticket, so it’s not verified.”

For some time, young couples subscribed to a subscription that automatically played the same numbers — 6, 12, 22, 29, 33, 6 and 11 — on a weekly basis. Both had forgotten to pay into their EuroMillions account, so they checked their ticket for £2.50 (about €2.90).

A collapsing world, and above all plans, always with the sun, Liam explains that he has already figured out how to spend this crazy amount of money. “I was already envisioning our dream house and my dream car, and I think I was getting a little carried away to be honest,” she says.

“I was heartbroken when the man told me on the phone that we didn’t buy tickets,” says the business student at the time of the draw.

Jodi continues to play

nearby Glass, a spokesperson for Camelot, reporting the accident, said he hoped the couple would “buy tickets to the next big draw” and wished them “good luck”. “We’re not going to continue using these numbers now, I’ve already changed them,” Rachel concludes for her part.