A MUM celebrated a very merry Christmas after her dead mum’s “magic” ticket helped her scoop a £1million EuroMillions jackpot. Lizbet Ramus lost her mum Lavender from an aneurysm last year, and decided to stash a few festive lotto tickets into a purse she always used. The 55-year-old now thinks her mum had a part […]
A MUM celebrated a very merry Christmas after her dead mum’s “magic” ticket helped her scoop a £1million EuroMillions jackpot.
Lizbet Ramus lost her mum Lavender from an aneurysm last year, and decided to stash a few festive lotto tickets into a purse she always used.
The 55-year-old now thinks her mum had a part to play in her huge win, after pulling out the tickets from the familiar bag on Boxing Day and finding out she was a millionaire.
The Shoreham mum said: “We lost mum earlier this year and not a day goes by when I don’t miss her.
“She was such a thoughtful person and an amazing mum so I can’t help thinking, this is her spreading a little Christmas magic at a time when I really needed it.
““While it was our first Christmas without mum, we did our best and had a lovely big family feast at my brothers, she would have been so happy for us all.
“The following morning, Boxing Day, I was sitting in the kitchen with my coffee, and I’ll admit I was feeling a bit down.
“Remembering my lottery tickets, I thought maybe I’d had some luck there, not for a second expecting £1,000,000 worth of luck!
“I used the National Lottery App on my phone and was chuffed when the first ticket won a Lucky Dip, feeling a little more upbeat I scanned the second and all these noughts appeared, I really couldn’t believe what I was seeing.”
The over-the-moon mum says she will use the money to buy her dream home – a seafront cottage – and take some trips.
She added: “I’m definitely going to carry on at work but I will take some time off to travel. I’ve got a close friend in Hong Kong and another in Portugal so I’ll be jetting off to one or other – possibly both! – in the not too distant future.
“Beyond my cottage and travel, the only definite is helping out those closest to me. Mum would definitely approve of that and given she’s made me a millionaire, it seems exactly the right plan!”
Lizbet bought her winning EuroMillions ticket at V & P Convience on Brighton Road in Lancing.
Her winning EuroMillions £1M UK Millionaire Maker code in the draw on Tuesday 24 December was HZWT01008.
Last year a UK ticket-holder became one of the biggest British winners of all time – scooping £105million.
The astonishing instantly made the lucky punter richer than Coldplay’s Chris Martin and Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe.
The previous biggest UK winners were Colin and Chris Weir, from Largs in North Ayrshire, Scotland, who won £161 million in July 2011, reports the Press Association.
Colin died in December after a short illness, with his lawyers confirming the sad news.
Ade Goodchild, from Hereford, bagged £71 million on March 15 and Patrick and Frances Connolly, from Northern Ireland, won £114.9 million on New Year’s Day.
