A PERSON was told they had won the lottery three times but they say it always ends with bitter disappointment.
There are thousands of people winning fabulous prizes each week with the People’s Postcode Lottery.
One fortunate, or perhaps unfortunate, person posted their experience online.
They said: “”I play the postcode lottery and have won three times – only £20 twice and burger mould!!!
“But each time they send me a big song and dance email screaming congratulations and I’ve been terrified to open each one in case Jeff Brazier says he’s on his friggin way!!”
Jeff Brazier is a British TV presenter and regularly appeared in advertisements for the People’s Postcode Lottery.
In the subscription lottery, players pay £12 a month but can win a prize every day.
Each Saturday a whopping £1million prize share is up for grabs in the Postcode’s Millionaire Street prize.
On a Sunday, players have the opportunity to win a £30,000 Street Prize.
If you are a player in a lucky postcode, you could even win a cheque in the Postcode Millions.
The winning postcodes are selected totally randomly and 20 draws occur each month.
To check the latest Postcode lottery results, head to their website.
This news comes after care worker Ray Bowen, 61, from Basingstoke, Hampshire told how an easy mistake left him shaking.
The lottery winner told how he was seconds away from losing his entire £131,584 EuroMillions jackpot.
Ray entered the Lucky Dip on a regular Friday night and to his shock, woke up to a message on his account.
Calling the helpline he was told he was a winner.
“I couldn’t believe it and I felt a bit numb,” he said. “I then had the call and waited for everything to be processed. I was shaking.
Ray, who’s an avid collector of personal war medals, added that entering was “the best decision I’ve made in ages.”
Similarly, another lottery player revealed how she missed out on a £100million prize after making a fatal error.
And a pensioner who won a EuroMillions cash prize was relying on food banks and still hasn’t been given the money weeks later.
At the same time, a lucky couple thought they’d won £3.60 on the lottery only to discover their £61million jackpot.
The pair were found guilty and were ordered to pay £4.7million in restitution and had to forfeit the winnings.
Ali was sentenced to five years in prison and Yousef was jailed for four.
Ronnie invested his cash price into a drug trafficking ring.
In 2015, several of his co-conspirators were arrested after attempting to sell large quantities of meth allegedly supplied by him.
Ronnie was arrested not long after and was found to be in possession of meth and £17,000 in cash
He was later sentenced to 21 years in prison after police raided his home and found 11 firearms including a prohibited sawed-off shotgun.
His life spiralled after he bagged £2.8million jackpot in 1989.
He chose to receive the sum in £123,000 instalments every month for 20 years, but within a year he was hooked on cocaine and divorced.
He was charged with the murder of Wendy Kimmey at the Burkewood Inn.
Wendy was found dead with a bullet wound to the head.
Willie turned himself in to the authorities and was later sent for a psychiatric evaluation.
The verdict was never made public.
Lee Ryan was dubbed the “Lotto Lag” when he landed his jackpot while awaiting trial for handling stolen cars.
However, the Brit later admitted that the millions he won was a “curse”.
Two divorces and two years of sleeping rough followed.
Now the 62-year-old revealed he’s happily working as a painter and decorator.
The former refuse worker won £9.7million on the lotto and vowed to spend every penny of it.
Dubbing himself “King of Chavs”, Michael spent his winnings on drugs, booze, a six-bedroom house in Norfolk and even invested £1m in the Glasgow Rangers.
Since his win in 2002, he’s served three prison sentences and appeared in court more than 30 times for offences including dangerous driving and affray.
Barry was arrested in 2009 after a picture of him holding his £2.5million cheque tipped off the police.
A warrant for Shell’s arrest was issued after he failed to show up for court in 2003.
He later faced charges of failing to appear, theft under £3,000 and possession of property obtained by crime.
After winning an incredible £13million in the lottery in 2017, aged 22, Aussie Joshua Winslet blew his fortune in just three years.
Joshua’s parents managed his winnings through a trust fund, but it didn’t stop his drug addiction.
Images released by South Australia’s District Court showed empty bottles of booze, bongs, bags of MDMA, cocaine and marijuana appeared to be littered around the bachelor pad.
28.3 grams of MDMA, 2.27g of cocaine and an unlicensed firearm were also seized.
The court heard how his arrest served as “a wake-up call” and he was sentenced to three years and nine months, with a non-parole period of 18 months.
The sentence was suspended on a two-year good behaviour bond, with supervision.
