A Scot has penned a bizarre letter claiming to be the winner of the record-breaking Euromillions jackpot - and posted it to the newsagent rumoured to have sold the ticket. Residents and shopkeepers from the seaside town of Formby, Merseyside, found themselves embroiled in talk that the £195million winning ticket was bought in their town last month.
One employee of a local shop Bargain Booze even went as far to say that they were certain they sold the winner the multi-million-pound ticket. However, someone claiming to be the winner of the huge jackpot - who says they are from Paisley - has tried to put the rumours to rest in a mysterious hand-written letter sent to the booze store.
Just a day after the numbers were drawn on July 20, a record £195million was claimed by one lucky ticket holder in the UK. Immediately after the winnings were claimed, the Merseyside town was gripped by a rumour that spread like wildfire, reports the Liverpool Echo.
However, since then Bargain Booze shop has had a bizarre handwritten anonymous letter sent to it, with one person claiming to have pocketed the jackpot with a ticket bought in Scotland rather than Merseyside. The letter said: “Dear Bargain Booze, I don’t know where you got the idea that the Euromillions ticket was bought in your shop. I am that winner and bought the ticket in Paisley.”
It was then signed off strangely with the words: “Just for the record! Mr J.U.”
Camelot said the company could neither confirm nor deny the location of where the jackpot winning ticket was bought, report Mirror Online.
A shopworker at Bargain Booze previously said they were certain they served the winner. They said: “I’m sure I sold [the winning ticket]. I remember serving one lad, I looked at the ticket and the numbers just looked right. Our boss is on holiday and we haven’t heard anything from Camelot about whether we were the ones to sell it.”
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