Posted on 05/12/2009 8:12:20 PM PDT by jakerobins
The winner of the world's biggest lottery jackpot in last week's £110million EuroMillions draw did not find out for three days because she was ill with flu. The 25-year-old from Majorca discovered her massive win on Monday after she returned to work. She was still feeling ill but feared losing her job in the economic crisis gripping Spain. The woman, who has not been named, was eventually contacted by Jose Mieres, director of the website through which she bought her ticket.
Enlarge Big EuroMillions draw was scooped on Friday - this is what £100m looks like He said: 'When she found out she was shocked and incredibly emotional at the same time. 'She was asking lots of questions, and we immediately put in place the protocol for these cases. 'They will come to Madrid and we will tell them how to act during the first days. We will explain to them the process of collecting their winnings and we will give them financial advice if they ask for it.' The lucky winner told the website director: 'I still had flu on Monday, but with the situation of crisis we are going through, I decided I had to go to work anyway, out of fear of losing my job.' Yesterday, she was on her way to Madrid to collect her prize. The winner, who is unmarried but has a boyfriend, picked all seven numbers - 4, 23, 24, 29, 31 and Lucky Stars 8 and 9 - in Friday night's draw. She had been using the website regularly since 2006.
The jackpot had rolled over six times because no one had matched the correct numbers.
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Not sure about that...ALthough this young woman won and she bought her ticket over the internet. Don’t know if I would trust some of these shady gambling site....
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