Social Workers Scoop £2.39 million

At Bedfordshire Council there are nine ecstatic social workers who, after playing the National Lottery as a syndicate, scooped a fantastic jackpot prize of £2.39 million.  The top lottery prize on Saturday 13th June was worth £4.78 million, but another lucky lottery player in Bolton also came up with the winning lottery numbers.  The prize was equally divided between the two corresponding tickets.  The social worker syndicate has coined their name as the ‘The Cozy Club Syndicate’ and with £2.39 million winging its way to them they are feeling warm and cozy now!

Bob Paine heads up the syndicate and has been a Lotto player since it began in 1994.  They use the same numbers week in week out and they have finally got there payback!  Bob realised they had won when checking his numbers on the Sunday:

 “I always check the tickets on Sunday morning so I put on Teletext and started to go through the numbers,” Bob recalled.

“I saw that we had six numbers but for some reason I thought we needed the bonus ball too so it didn’t click immediately that we’d won the jackpot. Then I checked again and the penny dropped and I started shaking.”