WHOLE LOTTO LUCK

We won entire £1m Postcode Lottery prize thanks to planning quirk

TWO cousins bagged themselves the entire £1million Postcode Lottery prize thanks to a planning quirk.

Margaret Livens and Joyce Ablitt, both 72, live next door to each other in the small Cheshire village of Little Neston.

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Margaret, her husband Harry and cousin Joyce collectively won £1mCredit: Peoples postcode lottery
The group built their homes 47 years ago and are the only properties on the streetCredit: Peoples postcode lottery

The duo built both semi-detached properties with their husbands and grandad 47 years ago.

And being the only homes on the street, their local council gave them their own postcode.

Retired secretary Margaret and husband Harry, 73, won £333,333 each with their tickets.

Widower Joyce also won the same with her Lotto entry.

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The group picked up their winnings on Monday at a Postcode Lottery gala in Edinburgh.

Harry said: "I can't repeat what I thought when I first saw the cheque.

"We’d been stewing all weekend."

Margaret said: "We built the houses ourselves. It was a real family affair.

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"They’re the only ones on the street, so we needed our own postcode. This is just incredible."

Joyce added how her "legs just gave way" when she was given the cheque and realised how much she had won.

Despite the glorious win, Margaret and Harry said they would give it up to get their dog Chloe back - who went missing a month ago.

The Postcode Lotto is a monthly subscription where you win based on where you live.

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