A veteran has been left baffled after Camelot refused to pay out on his winning £6.5million (€7.7m) lottery ticket - saying it has already been claimed.
Peter Rhodes, 60, says he doesn't play the lottery very often and only buys tickets when the winnings are big.
Mr Rhodes says alarm bells started ringing when he took his ticket to a shop in London and he alleges his National Lottery jackpot was stolen by a shop employee when he tried to cash in the ticket.