A LUCKY lotto winner has told how she had to pull her winning ticket out of the bin after her husband threw it away.
Richard and Diona Buss scooped a whopping £1.8million back in 2013.
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The pair had bought the winning ticket while on holidays in Cornwall – however Richard later put it in the recycling bin.
Dione explained: “We buy a weekly ticket for the two draws, on a Wednesday and a Saturday.
“Richard had already put the ticket on the recycling pile after the first draw, forgetting we still had Saturday to go.
“I dread to think what had happened if it had just been recycled, we very nearly lost all that money.
“Thankfully I had a niggling feeling and checked the ticket and saw that it still had that final draw on it that we hadn’t checked.
“When we realised we’d won and the amount we’d won it was absolutely unbelievable.”
After their big win the couple and their daughter Harriet had big plans on how they would spend their money.
Diona, who suffers from MS, wished to fundraise for for a hospital unit at Frenchay Hospital, Bristol.
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She explained at the time of the win: “We want to do some fundraising with the money really.
“I have always wanted to do it and now I have the perfect excuse to, it will be great to give back to people who have given us so much.”
Mr Buss added: “We’ve also been given a list from Harriet, who wants a Fiat 500 and a horse.
“I think that’s manageable. And I want to build up my collection of guitars.
“It’s funny, we used to laugh and say ‘we need to win the lottery’ to benefit all our friends and family – and now we’ve done it we have to come good on it.”
