Student whose lottery numbers came up in £182million Euromillions draw… the week she forgot to buy a ticket
- Rachel Kennedy from Hertfordshire thought she had scooped Friday’s jackpot
- The Brighton student plays the lottery with the same numbers every week
- When she rang to claim the win, she was told she hadn’t entered that week
A 19-year-old student thought she had won a huge £182 Euromillions jackpot until she realised she had forgotten to buy her weekly ticket.
Rachel Kennedy from Hertfordshire said she was ‘going crazy’ with excitement when all her numbers came in on Friday’s draw.
The Brighton University undergraduate says she plays with the same numbers every week and was ecstatic with the win.
Rachel Kennedy thought she had won a huge £182 Euromillions jackpot until she realised she had forgotten to buy her weekly ticket
Her boyfriend Liam shared their disappointment at missing out on the multimillion pound prize on Twitter
But when she called up to confirm her win, she was told she had forgotten to buy a ticket that week.
Rachel said she was too busy with her university work that it had slipped her mind to enter the draw.
Her boyfriend Liam shared their disappointment at missing out on the multimillion pound prize on Twitter.
He wrote: ‘When your Mrs decides to not play the EuroMillons… and all 7 of her usual numbers come up.’
Rachel said ‘everything happens for a reason’ and joked Liam he wouldn’t have received any of her winnings if she scooped the prize
Liam posted her numbers from a previous week showing the matching numbers for this week’s prize
Liam showed pictures of a ticket Rachel had bought the previous week with the numbers matching the recent draw.
Rachel told LadBible: ‘Everything happens for a reason though, we’re no richer or poorer than we were this morning.
‘Hopefully it goes to someone who is in desperate need for it.
‘Although it’s sad, I think we’ll get over it pretty quickly – not that he [Liam] was getting any of it anyway!’
Friday’s Euromillions jackpot had been rolled over five times and has been claimed by a winner in Switzerland.