A woman is embroiled in a High Court fight over whether she is entitled to a National Lottery prize of £10 or £1 million. Joan Parker-Grennan has sued Camelot, saying the National Lottery operator is “bound” to pay her a £1 million prize.
Camelot disputes her claim and says it is only liable to pay £10. A judge is overseeing the latest stage of the dispute at a High Court hearing in London.
Lawyers on Tuesday told Mr Justice Jay that Mrs Parker-Grennan had played online after buying an Instant Win Game ticket on August 25, 2015. They said the premise of the game was that if a number in the “your numbers” section of the screen matched one in the winning numbers section, the two matching numbers would turn white, indicating that the player had won the prize “designated by those matching numbers”.
