An unfortunate couple was crushed to discover that their triumphant numbers for the EuroMillions bonanza of £182 million ($216 million) were ineligible.
At that point, Rachel Kennedy and Liam McCrohan, who were 19 and 21 individually, had every one of the triumphant numbers, making them one of the UK’s most noteworthy lottery victors of all time.
At that point, Rachel told The Sun: “I went on the application and it said “Dominating Match,” and I promptly thought, “Good gracious, I’ve won. My mom and my sweetheart Liam, whom I had called into the room, both communicated shock.
The two couldn’t trust their favorable luck and promptly began to consider the things they could purchase with their millions, including
The couple’s plight resembles a recent story about how a court in the United Kingdom will decide whether a lottery winner will be awarded $1.2 million or $12 after a technical blunder.
Joan Parker-Grennan from Boston, Lincolnshire believes that she has rightfully won a cash sum of $1.2 million (£1 million) from Camelot, saying the National Lottery operator should pay up.
However, Camelot is denying the claim stating that they only owe the winner $12 (£10) so the case has been left in the hands of Sir Robert Maurice Jay, better known by Judge Justice Jay.
During a High Court hearing in London last month, Judge Jay heard that Parker-Grennan had played online after purchasing an Instant Win Game ticket worth $6 (£5) on August 25, 2015.
According to the Independent, the game’s rules are as follows; if a number in the “your numbers” section of the screen matched one in the winning numbers section, the two matching numbers would turn white, revealing that the player had won the prize “designated by those matching numbers” which in this case, is causing the dispute.
Camelot declared that “at the point” that Parker-Grennan bought her ticket, its computer system predetermined her prize to be $12. However, the judge was then told that there had been a “technical issue” which could result in “different graphical animation” being displayed on some players’ screens which ultimately led to the misunderstanding.
While Parker-Grennan lost the latest stage of her High Court battle in April, it has not yet been decided whether she will walk away with a life-changing sum or pocket change.