Lottery jackpot is won at WH Smith shop in York

10:15am Saturday 27th October 2012 in News

A JACKPOT winning lottery ticket has been bought at WH Smith in York.

The lucky ticket is known to have been bought in the Coney Street branch over three months ago, but the identity of the ticketholder or the amount they have won is a mystery. A spokesman for WH Smith said: “We are absolutely delighted to hear someone has won the lottery after buying a winning ticket in our York branch.”

A spokesman for Camelot said lottery winners who had won a substantial jackpot could select one of three options; to publicise the win, to not do any publicity – or to select a third option where the shop where the winning lottery ticket was purchased received “retail publicity” on behalf of the winner.

“That way, the winner does not reveal his/her identity but they give something back to the retailer,” he said.

The spokesman said it was standard practice to wait three months after the win to issue a “winning retailers pack” to the store, which could then consequently publicise the win.

Liam Fox, a supervisor at the branch which now has a sign advertising the win in its window, said: “It would be quite nice if they came back and shared it with us.

“Staff have been quite excited about it.”

Comments(7)

RingoStarr says...
10:36am Sat 27 Oct 12

"Liam Fox, a supervisor at the branch which now has a sign advertising the win in its window, said: “It would be quite nice if they came back and shared it with us."

I'll bet! (no pun intended)

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Rubber Lips says...
1:41pm Sat 27 Oct 12

Why on earth should they go back in and share it with Liam Fox and his fellow workers?? If i buy a steak pie from tesco i dont take it back cut into pieces for the tesco staff

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Pedro says...
2:44pm Sat 27 Oct 12

I used to pray to God every night to win the National Lottery. He came to me in a vision once and asked me to meet him half-way: I had to go out and buy a ticket.

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eborman says...
6:11pm Sat 27 Oct 12

Rubber Lips wrote:
Why on earth should they go back in and share it with Liam Fox and his fellow workers?? If i buy a steak pie from tesco i dont take it back cut into pieces for the tesco staff
I think it was said in jest Rubber lips,i dont think he or his fellow workers expect to receive anything.

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dodgydavereturns says...
10:57pm Sat 27 Oct 12

Liam Fox!? ... How the mighty fall! It's good to see an MP getting a proper job for a change though!

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Frodo Baggins says...
5:07pm Sun 28 Oct 12

dodgydavereturns wrote:
Liam Fox!? ... How the mighty fall! It's good to see an MP getting a proper job for a change though!
I hope WHS are checking his expense account.

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mjr119 says...
1:59pm Tue 30 Oct 12

eborman wrote:
Rubber Lips wrote:
Why on earth should they go back in and share it with Liam Fox and his fellow workers?? If i buy a steak pie from tesco i dont take it back cut into pieces for the tesco staff
I think it was said in jest Rubber lips,i dont think he or his fellow workers expect to receive anything.
I doubt they were either - but it's good form in betting shop to buy the staff a drink after a good win, so I'd like to think if I won millions on the lottery, I'd pay for the staff at the retailer to have a night out.

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