‘Blotto lout’ who ‘won’ £4million on lottery scratchcard but then lost it all admits stealing ANOTHER credit card

A “BLOTTO lout” who used a stolen bank card to “win” £4MILLION on a scratchcard has admitted to stealing again.

Mark Goodram and Jon-Ross Watson thought they had struck gold on a ‘Red’ scratchie in 2019 – celebrating with a five-day bender.

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However, it was later revealed the pair had used a stolen debit card to buy the scratchcard, voiding their claim to the jackpot.

The pair were then jailed in 2021 for 18 months after police investigated the “extraordinary” win and their “selfish and unscrupulous actions”.

Now Goodram is facing more time behind bars after admitting to stealing another credit card.

In February, he admitted to two counts of fraud by using a credit card as well as then admitting to a house burglary in March.

For the burglary, Goodram could face anywhere from a low level community order to three years imprisonment.

While the fraud could see anywhere from a discharge to seven years’ imprisonment depending on what he used the credit card for.

He is set to be sentenced in the Bolton Crown Court later this month.

BLOTTO LOUTS

The Bolton brace bought a winning £4million ‘Red’ scratchcard while on a stealing safari in London beating odds of 4,019,579/1.

They had stolen the card details from Joshua Addyman and bought £180 worth of groceries and the scratchies from a Londis in Clapham.

Both were career criminals before the win, with Goodram racking up over 20 convictions and over 40 criminal offences. Watson over 70 convictions for over 130 offences.

CCTV footage caught of the wining moment shows Watson dancing and jumping around while Goodram bangs his fists on the counter.

The pair then immediately went on a spending spree in the capital, splashing a small fortune in bars and restaurants.

After the win, the pair went on a five-day bender downing champagne, cocktails, lager, vodka, Jack Daniels, cider and wine and posted videos to social media.

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The ecstatic pair recorded a video showing off their jackpot ticket.

Holding a bottle of vodka next to him Goodram slurred: “How the f*** can that be a fake?”

Bragging about his Lotto success he boasted: “I’ve won £4million, stop hating. Stop hating, look, we’ve won £4mill. Just take it, we’ve won it. Stop chatting s**t man.”

Wearing a grey ‘Just Do It’ Nike t-shirt, the unshaven crook held up his winning scratch-card and went on: “Buy one if you don’t believe me. Tramps? We don’t need to chat sh*t. It’s real. A safe is a safe. £4mill. Buzzing.”

The two briefly fell out, after Watson claimed he had won full rights to the winning card in a poker game with Goodram.

Their exploits even earned them the nickname ‘Blotto Louts’ after they shared the social media clips of themselves.

To get the money they had to inform Camelot of the win and get their sign off.

But during a slurred phone call with Camelot chiefs, Goodram accidentally let slip that neither had bank accounts or debit cards.

Bosses at the company became suspicious, and investigator Stephen Long began a probe.

Goodram told Long the card he’d used to buy the ticket belonged to a friend called John who “owed him money”.

But he was unable to reveal ‘John’s’ surname or address.

It was then discovered that the stolen card actually belonged to a Joshua Addyman.

Despite the net tightening around them, Watson and Goodram went on the offensive.

Watson, a convicted burglar, launched a media blitz, telling The Sun: “The Lottery catchline is ‘It Could Be You’. Well, it should be us.

How the f*** can that be a fake?

Mark Goodram

“Camelot bosses are messing us around, probably because they know we’ve had a lively past and been in prison. Well, that’s too bad.

“They need to pay us what we are owed, or else.

“I should be living it up in Las Vegas.”

He even claimed his life had been “ruined” by the company.

They even threatened to sue the lottery operator Camelot for £4million payout and £320,000 in interest.

But Mark Goodram was quizzed under caution in March 2020 while in prison for assaulting his ex-lover.

Court papers reveal they insist a man called “Cheung” gave them his card details after they helped him out during a cash row in a London brothel.

The pair were then charged in July 2020 by CPS.

Several months later they lost their legal battle with Camelot as the court ruled under the rules which applied to the scratchcard, Camelot had been entitled to reject the prize claim.

Both were jailed in December 2021 for 18 months each after admitting three counts of fraud by false representation. 

Recorder Sarah Johnston at the Bolton Crown Court said: “You must have thought all your Christmases had come at once.

“I still can’t understand on what planet, frankly, the defendants thought they were going to hoodwink a jury into believing they were not acting dishonestly.”

Detective Constable Michelle Wilkinson, of Greater Manchester Police’s Complex Fraud Team, said at the time: “This was quite an extraordinary case as Goodram and Watson’s chances of claiming this scratch-card were one in four million.

“Unfortunately for them, they had knowingly bought this ticket through fraudulent means.

“While the massive winnings were never put in the wrong hands and no one came to any harm, there is no doubt in my mind that these men would have gladly accepted this money without any remorse for their illicit ways of obtaining it.

“The vigilance of staff at Camelot has to be commended, and the subsequent investigation by our team at the Complex Fraud Team has ensured that these two men are rightly behind bars and can learn to accept how their selfish and unscrupulous actions were far from acceptable.”

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This post first appeared on thesun.co.uk