COME BACK ..YOU WON A FORTUNE; Lotto lad runs out with ticket.Byline: SUE CASTLE A TEENAGER is sitting on a massive lottery lottery, scheme for distributing prizes by lot or other method of chance selection to persons who have paid for the opportunity to win. The term is not applicable when lots are drawn without payment by the interested parties to determine some matter, e.g. fortune - but he dashed out of the shop to catch a bus before getting his prize. The lad, aged about 19, won a prize of pounds 2,000 a month for life on a National Lottery scratchcard. But he thought he won just pounds 2 - and shoved the winning ticket in the back pocket of his jeans to catch the bus. A newsagent yesterday appealed for the teenager to check his ticket. He went into Good News in Swansea on Monday to buy a pounds 1.60 magazine - and gave the winning ticket to pay for it. But startled star·tle v. star·tled, star·tling, star·tles v.tr. 1. To cause to make a quick involuntary movement or start. 2. To alarm, frighten, or surprise suddenly. See Synonyms at frighten. staff checked the ticket and realised it was worth pounds 2,000 a month for life. If he lives to 75 he would have received over pounds 1.3million. Shop staff tried to tell him the value of the ticket - but he just stuffed it in his pocket and rushed from the shop saying: "I haven't got time. I'll miss my bus." Shop manager Nigel Hole, 34, said yesterday: "He does not realise or understand the importance of what he has got. He is set up for life." The youngster was s 6ft 1in, stocky stock·y adj. stock·i·er, stock·i·est 1. Solidly built; sturdy. 2. Chubby; plump. stock  i·ly adv. , with dark hair. He was wearing
a grey sweatshirt.
Last night a Camelot spokesman confirmed a winning Cash for Life ticket remained unclaimed. CAPTION(S): SHOCKED: Shop assistant Christine Jones tried to tell the youngster; WINNER: Card |
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