A woman has scooped nearly £60,000 on a scratchcard she thought was worthless, and wanted to throw away after her husband stopped her at the last minute.
The lucky winner - not named by lotto officials - had originally walked to the bin to throw the card away after initially believing it was worth nothing.
It was only when her husband stopped her as she moved to the trash, saying he wanted to give it a quick check too, that they realised they had won a small fortune.