Susanne Hinte, the woman claiming to have put a Lotto ticket worth £33 million in the washing machine, may not be the jackpot winner after all. A report in The Telegraph understands that Camelot have possibly ruled her out of being the recipient of the top prize.
The grandmother-of-four from Worcester was brought to the public’s attention following her claim and was adamant that the huge prize should be hers, but as the ticket was severely damaged, lottery officials would need to verify the claim first. The organisation that operates the National Lottery have apparently declined the offer of CCTV footage from the owner of the newsagents where the washer-ravished ticket had been purchased. A senior security source told a reporter from the Daily Telegraph: “If Miss Hinte was even suspected of winning the lottery the first thing Camelot would have done is grab that CCTV footage.”
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