A 19-year-old is more than £50,000 better off after finding a
winning lottery ticket in his messy bedroom.
A teenager from Midlothian has cleaned up on the
National Lottery after finally cleaning up his messy
bedroom.
Ryan Kitchin scooped more than £50,000 after finding a winning
lottery ticket in the room that his mother had been asking him to
clean for weeks.
The 19-year-old had no idea he had successfully picked five
numbers and the bonus ball for the draw made on February 8 and was
about to bin the ticket when he had second thoughts.
The part-time supermarket worker took the ticket with him to
work and had had a colleague check the numbers. They knew he had
won, but couldn't tell him how much.
It wasn't until Mr Kitchin later called lottery operator Camelot
that he discovered he had scooped £52,891.
The youth plans to pay off the loan on his car and take his
mother on a much-needed holiday.