A teenager couldn't believe her luck when her favourite numbers came up on a Euromillions draw - with a staggering £182 million jackpot. An overjoyed Rachel Kennedy and her boyfriend were already planning how to spend their sudden wealth, after she thought she'd bought a ticket for the draw on her online account.
Rachel, now 21, and her boyfriend at the time Liam McCrohan had picked their usual numbers - 6, 12, 22, 29, 33, 6 and 11 - for five weeks before they came up in the February 26, 2021 draw. However, the pair from Herefordshire were left distraught when Rachel called up to claim the prize.
Rather than banking their incredible nine-figure winnings, Rachel was told that her payment for the ticket had actually failed because of insufficient funds in her bank account. She told the Daily Star: "I called my boyfriend Liam and my mum into the room and they couldn’t believe it either so I was like, 'oh my God I need to call them'."
