Couple buy two winning lotto tickets
John Ord and his wife Karen each bought a lottery ticket for last Saturday's draw believing the other would forget.
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Lightning strikes twice for lottery winners
A Gateshead couple scooped not one but two winning lottery cheques after a misunderstanding meant both of them ended up putting on a ticket.
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John and Karen Ord are in the money after putting on identical tickets using the same numbers they always have. They are all birthdays of members of their family.
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Lighting strikes twice for lucky lotto winners
It was the misunderstanding that netted a Gateshead couple £200,000. John Ord & his wife Karen each bought a lottery ticket thinking the other would forget, using the same numbers as usual. It turned out to be the best mistake they've ever made when they both matched 5 numbers & the bonus ball
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Couple win the lottery... twice
It was a misunderstanding that ended up netting a Gateshead couple nearly two hundred thousand pounds. John Ord and his wife Karen each bought a lottery ticket for last Saturday's draw believing the other would forget. It turned out to be the best mistake they have ever made.
Their identical tickets, made up of numbers from family birthdays, matched five numbers and the bonus ball. Today the pair received not one, but two identical cheques.