I DOUBLED my lottery prize to £821k thanks to vivid dream – if it wasn’t for eerie vision I would have lost the lot
ONE mum-of-two nearly lost out on a £821,000 lottery jackpot but had an eerie vision that kept her from losing the lot.
Sally, of Shiplake, Oxfordshire, managed to scoop the cash after a dream two years ago told her to buy two People’s Postcode Lottery tickets.
She had nearly given up on ever winning after almost cancelling her tickets all together.
But the savvy mum has reversed her fortunes and received double the £410,995 Millionaire Street prize RG9 4BX won last week.
Sally said: “I had a dream about People’s Postcode Lottery a couple of years ago. It was a white van with the Postcode Lottery logo on it sitting at the bottom of the drive at the gate. I saw £30,000 written on a card.
“It’s been near enough in the back of my mind every day since. I’ve thought about it most weeks. I told Murray about it before. Even a week ago today, he asked if I’d won £10 that week. I said, ‘No, but it is coming’. Sometimes I just get these feelings.
“I put on another ticket after the dream. I nearly cancelled it altogether at one point, but people just need to go with their feelings.
“I kept saying to everyone, ‘My win is coming’. Now here you are, but I never dreamed of anything like this.”
Despite the whole postcode winning the prize, Sally was the only ticketholder and so the only winner.
She’s now planning to spend the £800,000 on buying a home, going on a world cruise, and helping out family.
Sally and husband Murray currently live in a cottage on the farm where he is head tractor driver.
But the couple, who celebrate their 40th wedding anniversary in September, have been thinking of buying a house when he retires from the job he loves.
The mum-of-two, who has been a Postcode Lottery player for six years, said: “The plan was to try and buy a little something in the Bournemouth area where my parents lived. But they have both passed away now.”
Pointing to a sweet miniature cottage on her grandson’s train set, she said: “That’s my dream: a little cottage somewhere.
“It might be that we can buy a house in Shiplake now and stay in the village, which we never thought we could do.
“My husband has worked so hard for us and never asked for anything back. He’s my rock. Now I can give him something back.”
Sally fell in love with cruising after spending idyllic holidays with her late mum.
She said: “I would love a world cruise, but there are a lot of bridges to cross before we can do that. Our dog won’t leave Murray’s side. It’s something I’ve always wanted to do because I don’t like to fly.
“I’d love to go on a really nice ship and have a cabin with a balcony, think back on this day and how it has changed our lives. I’ve also always wanted to go to the pink castle hotel in Disneyland.”
The rest of the prize pot was shared among players in the wider RG9 4 postcode sector.
How does the People's Postcode Lottery work?
ACCORDING to the official website, players sign up with their postcode and pay £12 per month.
They are automatically entered into every draw and prizes are announced every day of the month.
Tickets play for prizes every day of the week – from Monday to Sunday, a ticket could win £1,000 each day in the Daily Prize.
Tickets could also win a jackpot of £30,000 in Saturday and Sunday’s Street Prize draws.
People’s Postcode Lottery also offer a £3 Million Postcode Millions draw each month – and your ticket plays for a share of a £3 Million cash prize fund.
Winners are notified by email, SMS message, mail or phonecall depending on the prize they win.
Jackpot winners are visited by the lottery team in person.