Woman wins lottery with her deceased mother’s numbers
A woman has won the lottery by using her dead mother’s lucky numbers that she found when she was clearing out her late mum’s home.
Kelly Firth, a mother-of-two from Halifax, UK, would buy her mother Carol's Lotto Hotpicks tickets every week before the 65-year-old died last year.
Kelly didn't play the lottery herself, but months later she found her mother's numbers, 7, 17 and 37, written on a card while later clearing out her flat and decided to play them in a tribute to her mum.
She bought numbers for Wednesday and Saturday draws but when her numbers didn't come up on the first draw, she ripped up the ticket and threw it away.
However, she was stunned when three numbers came up on the weekend draw.
Kelly believes it was a sign from her mother and was celebrating and shouting to Carol's ashes on her TV stand when her mother's favourite song - You're Simply the Best by Tina Turner - came on the radio.
Kelly then had to sift through the garbage bin to find the discarded ticket, and was thrilled when her local shop accepted the taped-up winning ticket to claim her £1,600 prize, which she used to take her family on a holiday.
Kelly said, “I still can't believe I won with mum's numbers.”
“My daughter and I would nip to the shop for mum every week for her lottery.”
“She had the same numbers on her little card that she gave me and always told me to put both sides on the numbers.”
“We did the same numbers for mum for years and never - never did she win.”
“I decided to carry them on in remembrance of mum.”
“I couldn't believe I won when mum never did, and I just knew she was still around looking after me when the numbers came up.”
“I'm still in shock and always will be. It was a sign from mum and I still can't believe it.”
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