A MUM-OF-FOUR missed out on a whopping £3.6million after she changed her lottery numbers for just one week.
Unlucky Lorna Hart is kicking herself for making the decision to swap her usual EuroMillions digits – 3, 25, 27, 28 and 29 – for the HotPicks ticket, which selects main game numbers at random.
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Her heart sank when she went online to check the winning numbers yesterday morning, realising she would have won a life-changing sum had she not made the switch.
And after clocking quite how close she came to winning the big bucks, the 45-year-old said she was “pretty gutted”
The unfortunate lottery loser said: “I would have got £3.6m but I put those numbers on the other game.
“3, 25, 27, 28, and 29 came out in the EuroMillions, but I used the lucky dip for the EuroMillions.
“I pick those numbers every week because they’re significant – one’s the day I met my current partner, one is my daughter’s birthday, another is the day I fell in love with my partner.”
The single mum, who suffers from chronic fatigue syndrome, has played the EuroMillions every single week since it began and dreams of winning and buying her own home.
She added: “I feel a bit deflated. I’m disabled, I’ve got ME (myalgic encephalomyelitis), so it would have made a big difference to my life.
“I had to give up work about eight years ago, it was quite a life crisis. I’ve had a pretty tough time of it.
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“That kind of money would have meant a great deal and given me that security – it’s quite hard being on benefits.
“I would have bought my own house, as I currently rent.
“My daughter’s just finishing university so I would have found her somewhere to live – it’s really tough at the moment.”
But despite the disappointment, Lorna said she is still able to laugh about her misfortune.
And she will go out with her friends to giggle about it – though for “cake instead of Champagne”.
“At least I’ve got family and friends. That’s what’s really important,” she said.
Last night’s winning numbers were 3, 25, 27, 28, 29, with Lucky Stars 4 and 9.
It means Lorna would have matched all five of the regular numbers had she stuck with them for this week’s draw.
Instead, one lucky player walked away with £184m – Britain’s biggest-ever National Lottery prize – making them richer than Adele.
