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A bus driver who managed to bag a massive £182k prize has thanked his late mum for the huge windfall. Paul Tomlinson and his wife Joanne hit a lottery jackpot double after his beloved mum Irene persuaded them to buy a ticket.
Irene won £2,217 with the People’s Postcode Lottery five years ago and encouraged her loved ones to sign up to the draw.
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Paul and Joanne, who live in Hyde, decided to take part in the competition and went on to win £90,909 each – bringing their total to a huge £181,818.
Sadly, Irene died of heart failure aged 80 and never got to witness her family receive the massive cash payout.
Paul, 40, says his beloved mum would have been delighted for them. “My mum won a few years ago and we joined up because of that,” he said. “Mum encouraged us to sign up.
“Mum was really happy with her win. She treated herself to things she wanted for the house, like new carpets.
“I went with her to the event and there was quite a lot of excitement. She was more excited to see the celebrities than her prize. She would be ecstatic for us and saying, ‘What are you going to buy me?’”
Paul and his loved ones shared the £1m jackpot with seven neighbours after SK14 4PU was revealed as a winner of Postcode Lottery’s weekly Millionaire Street prize back in September.
Each ticket picked up £90,909, but the family and another neighbour doubled their windfall with two tickets.
Irene was presented with her cheque in July 2018 when she was one of 980 winners to share a Postcode Lottery Millions prize in Dukinfield.
Dad-of-four Paul and nursing assistant wife Joanne, 38,
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A heartbroken son has won hundreds of thousands on the postcode lottery after his mother encouraged him to sign up before she died.
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