A one million pound lottery scratch card sold at Brighstone Stores and Newsagent on Saturday morning at 11am.
The huge-winning purchase was a Bingo Millionaire scratch card that costs £5, giving a 200,000 times multiple.
One in 2.9m chance of winning
There were 11,937,520 Scratchcards in the initial print run of this Game.
Only four of the cards were £1m.
The chances of winning £1m with that card is one in 2,984,380.
Luckiest shop in the UK?
Owner of the shop, Dougie Gulliver, told OnTheWight:
“Having had a £25,000 winner twelve years back, we were due another winner!
“I guess that makes us the luckiest shop in the UK.”
Anonymity respected
The details of the winner have not been made public. Some winners of lottery prizes choose to be anonymous – and this must, of course, be honoured.
We’ve spoken to the winner who has confirmed they would like to remain anonymous.
They’ve told us,
“The speculation on the amount is unconfirmed.”
Whatever the total amount, huge congratulations to them.
Previous winners
The last Lottery win we covered was the £115,000 win for Ventnor couple, Bob and Carrie McDowell, back in May 2013.
Article edits
Following a call from the winner, extra detail added.
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