Eighteen residents in Darwen, Lancashire, scooped £30,000 each in Postcode Lottery’s weekly Street Prize. And some of the winners halted traffic as they celebrated in the road outside their homes.
One player, Emma Hannon, 35, summed up the mood, saying: “It’s amazing to win with our neighbours. We’ve all been talking to each other and it’s really brought the street together.
“We’re already quite close, everyone is so friendly. It’s a really good neighbourhood and everyone looks out for each other, so it is incredible to share this win.”
Spring Vale Garden Village which is split into two different postcodes saw Postcode Lottery ambassador Judie McCourt dished out winning cheques to the players. The winning postcode was BB3 2HS.
Overjoyed Mark Allen, 36, is planning a new gaming tattoo to celebrate his win. The dad-of-one already has a mural of artwork covering his right leg, including Pac-Man, Super Mario, Assassin’s Creed, Fallout and Silent Hill.
Now he fancies getting Sonic the Hedgehog to please his two-year-old son – and may include the Postcode Lottery logo in the design.
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The surface repair technician – who picked up the cheque with NHS worker wife Michaela, 33 – said: “This is unbelievable. It’s all I’ve been thinking about.
“I like gaming tattoos. I might get Sonic this time. My little boy loves that. Off the top of my head, I might also get the lottery logo in there. I’ll tell the tattooist what I want and he’ll do a good job.”
He added: “We’re also going to go on holiday in the winter when it’s cold here.”
Bubbly Denise Langford, 58, revealed one of her grandsons wants her to spend her new fortune on a bottle of JUICE.
The mum-of-three said: “One of my grandsons wants a bottle of Prime WWE. We’ll probably go on holiday, too. My grandchildren want to go to Florida.”
Denise cuddled into fellow winner Emma Arthur, 27, and hubby Chris, 33, who is best mates with Denise’s son.
Denise said: “It was amazing to win with everyone else. These two have been brilliant. We’ve been so excited texting and ringing each other.”
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