Nineteen neighbours in a Greater Manchester village are celebrating after scooping £630,000 on the lottery. The lucky winners in Orrell, near Wigan, landed the staggering windfall in a record-breaking victory on the People’s Postcode Lottery.
Seventeen neighbours in Lonsdale Walk scooped £30,000 each, while another two winners in Silverdale Road both took home £60,000 thanks to playing with two tickets.
Among the lucky ticket holders are three family members from the same household, a social care worker, a van driver and a teaching assistant.
This win sees the largest number of people in a single postcode pick up cheques for the lottery’s ‘£30,000 Street Prize’ since People’s Postcode Lottery began in 2005.
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