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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
James C. Reynolds

Mother who had lottery winning ticket thrown in bin by shopkeeper in error allowed to claim £12m jackpot

Kath Main said her winning ticket was binned by a shopkeeper in Abercynon - (Facebook)

A mother who says her winning lottery ticket was accidentally binned by a shopkeeper will be allowed to claim her £12million jackpot following an agonising wait.

Kath Main, 46, from Pontypridd in South Wales, appealed after the owner of the Londis in Abercynon threw out her ticket when his scanner failed to register her numbers as a win, according to The Sun.

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