DOWN PLUNDER; EXCLUSIVE: Aussie waltzes off with record pounds 20m lotto win.Byline: AIDAN McGURRAN BRITAIN'S biggest individual lottery payout of pounds 20million has been bagged by a winner from Down Under. The Aussie calmy strode strode v. Past tense of stride. strode Verb the past tense of stride strode stride into Camelot's headquarters on Monday, produced his National Lottery National Lottery n → Lotto nt Extra winning ticket and walked out shortly afterwards with his monster cheque. Last night it was thought the jolly swagman, who insisted on no publicity, may have already gone waltzing back to Australia. Staff at the lotto HQ in Rickmans- worth, Herts, were stunned stun tr.v. stunned, stun·ning, stuns 1. To daze or render senseless, by or as if by a blow. 2. To overwhelm or daze with a loud noise. 3. when he turned up at the office. Most big winners phone the National Lottery hotline number which is on the back of tickets. They are then given advice on the phone followed by a home visit to guide them through procedures. But the wizard of Oz Wizard of Oz reaches and departs from Oz in circus balloon. [Children’s Lit.: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz] See : Ballooning Wizard of Oz false wizard takes up residence in Emerald City. [Am. Lit. simply presented himself at the front desk of the modern office block and announced in a "broad Australian" accent he was the pounds 20million winner. An insider said: "It was certainly an unusual way to claim such a big prize. But as long as winners present the ticket for examination it is up to them how they make their claim. "The winner didn't seem to think there was much danger of his identity being revealed. "But if he doesn't know many people in this country and heads straight back Down Under, then he is probably right. "He'll certainly be the envy of Australian backpackers everywhere with pounds 20million burning a hole in his pocket." Nothing in lotto rules prevents overseas visitors playing the game, as long as they buy tickets from an authorised retailer and not through a third party. In the first lottery double rollover A graphic element in an application or on a Web page that changes its color or shape when the pointer is moved (rolled) over it. See JavaScript rollover. See also n-key rollover. in 1996, a middle-aged Chinese man won pounds 14million. The cheque was made out to Simon Choy Tat Sai See Statement of Additional Information. - though that was not believed to be his real name. He immediately banked his win and jetted out of Britain. Until the Aussie's bonanza this week the biggest lotto win by one person was the pounds 17.8million scooped in 1994 by Mukhtar Mukhtar, meaning "chosen" in Arabic, refers to the head of a village or mahalle (urban district) in many Arab countries. The name refers to the fact that mukhtars are usually selected by some consensual or participatory method, often involving an election. Mohidin, of Blackburn, Lancs, in the first rollover jackpot. CAPTION(S): OFFICE: Camelot's HQ in Herts |
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