A british actor who forgot inside his car a lottery ticket he had bought late last year, learned by chance this month that he had won £55,086 (about $65,000), reported on Wednesday the UK National Lottery.
Dion Davies acquired the euromillions ticket in december while participating in a Christmas theatrical production, and in the midst of his busy schedule he completely forgot about the raffle, which took place a few days before Christmas. Unknowingly, the Welshman matched the five numbers he had chosen based on the birthdays of his relatives.
In January, the National Lottery had announced officially that the prize remained unclaimed, collect the newspaper Wales Online.
At the beginning of February, Dion took his vehicle to a professional valet service, where they asked him to make sure he took out all his belongings, “just in case he threw away something of value,” he says.
It was then that He found the ticket attached to the parasol and decided to take it to the store where he had bought it. “The guy there told me that I had to call the number that appeared on the back of the ticket because I was a winner,” he says.
Davies, who has appeared in BBC television productions, confesses that if he had decided to clean the car on his own, he might not have bothered to check the numbers. Also, coincidentally the actor is rehearsing for a play that revolves around the theme of gambling and tells the story of a man who lost a fortune.
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