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New Sat 2 Jan 16 07:06 
 Couple Win £35 Million on Lottery - Duncan
A couple have won £35 million, but Camelot refuse to pay out...

Warning! Link to Daily Mail:-

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New Sat 2 Jan 16 07:53 
 Couple Win £35 Million on Lottery - Ian (Cape Town)
>> Warning! Link to Daily Mail:-
>>

Indeed! And the comic is probably running on a skeleton staff of interns.
Hence this delightful howler.


Couple thought they had scooped the jacket
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New Sat 2 Jan 16 07:58 
 Couple Win £35 Million on Lottery - Ian (Cape Town)
"...the person I spoke to said they could see from their records that we had intended to buy those numbers but they said the purchase did not go through because we only had 60p in our account."

Well, I think I see where the problem lies...
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New Sat 2 Jan 16 08:11 
 Couple Win �£35 Million on Lottery - sooty123
So they didn't buy a ticket at all, so they didn't win the lottery. Don't see what the fuss is about.
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New Sat 2 Jan 16 08:16 
 Couple Win £35 Million on Lottery - Ian (Cape Town)
Well, I go to the pub, order a beer, and am expected to pay for it.
At no time do the staff ask me - 'do you have enough money in your pocket before I start pouring this pint?'
Surely they should? It is just common sense.
In fact, they should phone me up and ask if I'm coming in tonight, and if so, to please remember my wallet.
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New Sat 2 Jan 16 09:31 
 Couple Win £35 Million on Lottery - R.P.
Unlucky - move on.
Last edited by: R.P. on Sat 2 Jan 16 at 09:31
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New Sat 2 Jan 16 11:58 
 Couple Win �£35 Million on Lottery - henry k
One red top headline " Lottery balls up cost us £35M"

Should read OUR Lottery balls up cost us £35M.

Clever computers ? Is cash still king ?
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New Sat 2 Jan 16 12:18 
 Couple Win ���£35 Million on Lotte - Clk Sec
>> Clever computers ? Is cash still king ?

Computers and cash. A dubious mix.
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New Sat 2 Jan 16 18:30 
 Couple Win ������ - Bobby
The article I read stated that hubby used an app on his phone to generate random numbers.
Isnt that what hitting the lucky dip button does??
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New Sat 2 Jan 16 19:45 
 Couple Win Â¥ - Ian (Cape Town)
Offon a wild tangent...
I see the pound sign on the topic has now become some weird lettering.
And getting worse with each repost!

Or is it my johnny Foreign computer?

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I have a yen to try something else.
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New Sat 2 Jan 16 19:46 
 Couple Win Â¥ - tyrednemotional
...I think it's someone using an app on their phone to generate random letters.......
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New Sat 2 Jan 16 19:47 
 Couple Win Â¥ - sooty123
The forum does it from time to time. I see it on mine a fair bit, I guess its something in the software.
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New Sat 2 Jan 16 19:58 
 Couple Win �¥ - Ian (Cape Town)
Aha - yes.
Now we have �¥.
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New Sat 2 Jan 16 20:05 
 Couple Win ���¥ - Armel Coussine
Do you mean £ Ian?
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New Sat 2 Jan 16 20:07 
 Couple Win ������ - Ian (Cape Town)
Yep. But in my titles bar, it keeps evolving from the quid mark to some computer geekishness.
Let me try another browser
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