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Post worker scoops £35m jackpot

15 August 2007

SCOTLAND -- As reported by the BBC: "A Royal Mail worker has described herself as 'flabbergasted' after landing the UK's biggest lottery prize.

"Angela Kelly, 40, from East Kilbride, South Lanarkshire, scooped £35.4m in Friday's EuroMillions draw, but was not aware of her win until Monday.

"The lucky dip ticket was in her handbag and she only checked it when she realised the cash had gone unclaimed.

"Ms Kelly, who lives with her 14-year-old son, said she would quit her job at a Glasgow sorting office.

"The transport manager, who earns £21,000 annually, would have taken about 1,500 years to earn the amount of her win..."

"...In July 2005, mother-of-six Dolores McNamara, from Limerick, Ireland, won £77m, and in February 2006 three ticket holders won a share of £126m..."

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