Camelot<\/a> is currently investigating whether the ticket in question, purchased Monday, was acquired using a stolen bank card.<\/p>\nCamelot\u2019s suspicion was aroused by the fact that neither of the winners — two friends Mark Goodram, 36, and Jon-Ross Watson, 31 \u2013 own a bank account.<\/p>\n
When asked whose card they had used to buy the ticket, Goodram and Watson explained it belonged to their friend \u201cJohn,\u201d to whom they had given cash to buy the \u00a310 ticket on his card on their behalf.<\/p>\n
\u201cJohn\u201d has yet to come forward to corroborate the pair\u2019s version of events, although as they explained to The Sun<\/em>, he couldn\u2019t get in contact because he has \u201cgone up North.\u201d<\/p>\nBolton\u2019s Most Wanted<\/strong><\/h2>\nCamelot\u2019s suspicions deepened when it learned of the pair\u2019s criminal history.<\/p>\n
Goodram has 22 convictions for 45 criminal offences. According to the Bolton News,<\/em> in whose pages he features regularly — especially in its popular \u201cBolton\u2019s Most Wanted\u201d section \u2013 he was released from prison on police license just weeks before the win, having served time for burglarizing a gas station in November.<\/p>\nHe stole $8,000 from the business, including a charity box containing collections for the local hospice.<\/p>\n
Watson also has burglary convictions and has vied with his friend for space among \u201cBolton\u2019s Most Wanted\u201d on several occasions.<\/p>\n
I\u2019m off to see the Queen. This is brilliant. I deserved a bit of a break,\u201d claimed Goodram. “I can\u2019t wait to spend the lot. I\u2019m going to buy luxury properties and look after myself.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Since Monday, Goodram and Watson appear not to have been looking after themselves too well at all and have been snapping each other bingeing on margaritas and posing with various jeroboams and methuselahs of champagne.<\/p>\n
“This win\u2019s unbelievable but we deserve the money fair and square. We were screaming in the street,” explained Watson.<\/p>\n
Lotto Louts <\/strong><\/h2>\nCamelot told media it was unable to confirm or deny any rumors surrounding its winners because UK winners have a right to anonymity unless they waive those rights, unlike most US states where the reverse is true.<\/p>\n
\u201cShould there be any doubt surrounding the validity of a claim, we would undertake a thorough investigation to ensure we pay out the rightful ticketholder,\u201d the company said.<\/p>\n
If Goodram and Watson ever receive their windfall, they will not be the most notorious petty criminals to win the lottery. That crown goes to \u201cLotto Lout\u201d Michael Carrol who became a tabloid sensation after winning \u00a39 million \u2013 at the time worth about $15 million \u2013 in 2002.<\/p>\n
Carroll collected his prize wearing a court-ordered electronic tag and proceeded to spend most of his fortune on crack, prostitutes, and antisocial parties, all washed down with two bottles of vodka a day.<\/p>\n
The rest, he squandered.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Two career criminals from Bolton, northwest England, recovered from a four-day champagne and cocktail bender on Thursday to learn they may not receive the \u00a34 million ($5.2 million) they thought they\u2019d won on a National Lottery scratch-off card after all. National Lottery provider Camelot is currently investigating whether the ticket in question, purchased Monday, was […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":103814,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13699],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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