'Broke' Brit mum wins Au1m in lottery!Byline: ANI London, Jan 1 (ANI): A Brit mum of four, who couldn't afford to buy Christmas gifts for her kids, won one million pounds on a Lottery scratchcard. Maria Murray, 41, bought the 'wining' scratch card scratch card n. See scratch ticket. scratch card scratch n → carte f à gratter for 5 pounds from a local shop with the last change in her pocket on Christmas Eve. "It was my last five pounds. It has not really sunk in yet that I have won. I do not know what I will do yet," the Telegraph quoted her as saying. With the money, Murray plans to buy her three bedroom, semi-detached council house, and has begun sharing out the win with her family. "She passed it to my Dad and he said 'you have won a million pounds'. She was really shocked. She started crying when she knew she had it," said son Todd. Murray celebrated the win with her boyfriend, Tim Hunt Sir Richard Timothy (Tim) Hunt, FRS, (b. February 19,1943) is a British biochemist. He was awarded the 2001 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Leland Hartwell and Sir Paul Nurse for their discoveries regarding cell cycle regulation by cyclin and cyclin-dependent , 48, a mechanic, her daughters Terri, 21, Toni, 20, Rikki, 19 and her son Todd. (ANI) Copyright 2008 Asian News International The Asian News International (ANI) agency provides multimedia news to China and 50 bureaus in India. It covers virtually all of South Asia since its foundation and presently claims, on its official website, to be the leading South Asia-wide news agency. (ANI) - All Rights Reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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