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Carer Wins £1 Million Lottery ‘By Mistake’

An Essex grandmother has won a £1million lottery draw and thinks that fate dealt her the wrong hand by mistake. Lynne Groves,  57, from Chelmsford, bought the winning ticket for Wednesday night’s Lotto Millionaire Raffle from her local shop after the shopkeeper originally printed her the wrong ticket. The Independent reports: Delighted that she can now treat her family and friends to cars and foreign holidays, the mother-of-three and grandmother to eight, is sure fate played a helping hand. She said: “I know the family who run my local shop really well and there’s always a joke or kind word when I pop in. “On Wednesday night I asked for my Lotto tickets and by mistake the shopkeeper ran off EuroMillion tickets, and then realising the mistake, ran off my Lotto Lucky Dip tickets a few seconds later from the machine. “I’m sure it’s those precious moments that made me a millionaire.” A carer for more than 30 years, Ms Groves was completing a night shift when she found out she had won. “I was looking after a gentleman who I have known for many years,” she said. “About midnight I made myself a cup of tea and decided to check my lottery [...]