I cancelled my Postcode Lottery subscription but I was given an exciting prediction so I signed up again & I won £12k
A WOMAN who was told by a clairvoyant she was due to win money went on to bag £12k in the Postcode Lottery.
Elaine Thompson, from Middlesbrough, had recently cancelled her entry into the lottery draw but changed tack after she received the bizarre prediction.
The 58-year-old said: "The fortune teller predicted I was going to come into a significant amount of money.
"I’d just cancelled the Postcode Lottery. A few days later I reinstated the ticket."
After re-entering the cash prize draw, superstitious Elaine discovered that she had raked in a show-stopping £12k - sharing the £10.2million winnings with 572 other Smoggies.
The scale of the winner's earnings came as a welcome surprise as all were told in advance they had won a minimum of £4K – but had no idea exactly how much until they were presented with the cardboard cheques.
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The lucky winners of the TS5 postcode popped the champers as they were presented with their eye-watering winnings in Middlesbrough town centre.
Elaine paid tribute to the fortune-teller's prophetic words - and plans to splash some of the cash on a sun-soaked Spanish holiday.
Clair continued: "I can’t thank the clairvoyant enough – without her I would have missed out.
"I will be spoiling my family and taking my daughters to Fuerteventura."
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Grandparents Brian and Karen Wing bagged the "life-changing" £379,418 jackpot prize – after initially believing they were being cold-called.
Retired Brian, 68, said: "I was sat in the pub while on holiday in Northumberland when I got a call.
"I didn’t believe it at first. You think it’s a scam.
"I didn’t even ring them back. Then I got a letter, and even then I wasn’t sure if it was real. You do not want to get your hopes up.
"To have won this amount of money is life changing."