‘I thought there was a computer glitch — but actually the truth was astonishing’
A dad who thought his lottery win was a computer glitch now plans to fulfil a lifelong dream with the money.
Peter Rogers, 73, bought a ticket on a whim during his weekly food shop and, when he asked a shop assistant to check it, he thought there was a problem with it as he was asked to contact Lotto headquarters.
But an employee at a second shop scanned the ticket and told Peter, a huge boxing fan, he had won one million pounds. The grandfather now hopes to travel to New York City to watch a major fight at the famous Madison Square Garden arena.
Peter, from Merthyr Tydfil, south Wales, said: “When I later realised I’d won, I genuinely did not believe it. The shop assistant scanned the ticket and the screen said I had to contact The National Lottery.
“I assumed there was some kind of glitch and I even went to another shop to double check because I thought it couldn’t be real. Even when I realised that there was no glitch, I didn’t for a second think it would be a £1M win. It is still sinking in now that I have won such a life-changing amount of money — it’s like hearing the final bell after the fight of your life.”
