Gutted lottery winner called everyone he knew over '£50,000 scoop' before devastating blow

dailyrecord.co.uk:

A man who thought he had scooped £50,000 on the National Lottery called everyone he knew to tell them before realising he had actually won £6.Dean Smethurst had his national lotto card checked in Tesco and was told by the woman on the checkout he had won on the Saturday game.

She said that she could not pay out his winnings on the machine and he would have to instead contact Camelot.Dean checked the terms and conditions of the Camelot website and - after realising this message was usually given for wins of at least £50k which could not be paid out in a retail shop - he dashed home before telling all of his friends and family the news.

In a state of shock, Dean - a supermarket manager who has played the lottery for six years - began to work out what he could spend the money on and 'cracked open the bubbly'.

As reported by the Mirror, Dean never thought to check his numbers against the draw. However, when the lottery phone lines opened again the next morning, he was given the devastating news that his luck was out.