I refused to believe £111K People’s Postcode Lottery win until key sign told me it was meant to be
A LUCKY player who scooped a life-changing Postcode Lottery prize refused to believe she had won – until a key sign revealed it was fate.
Sanna Babar, from West Yorkshire, was stunned when she discovered the eye-watering £111,111 windfall after entering the weekly Millionaire Street prize on Monday.
The whopping draw saw nine thrilled neighbours on Shann Crescent, Keighly, share £1million after their postcode BD21 2TN hit the jackpot.
Mum-of-two Sanna told the Postcode Lottery she couldn’t believe her win.
“Wowee! That’s not real. Oh my God, is this real?,” she said.
But she later said it was “meant to be” as her birthday is coming up.
She added: “I’m going out-out! I was going to go to Bradford, but I think I can go a bit further than that now.”
Her and overjoyed husband Tahir Mehmood are also planning on whisking their family away on a holiday to Disneyland.
Sanna said: “We were thinking of going to Disneyland Paris in August next year, but it could be Florida now!
“I was trying to save up money, but I don’t need to do that now and I could bring my mum and dad too.
“It was a sort of fantasy before, but I’m going to do it.”
The mum-of-two said how she can’t wait to ring my mum” and spread the incredible news.
Meanwhile, another winner on the street nearly missed out on collecting his £111,000 prize.
Michael Whitaker, from Keighley, had to beg his boss for the day off – and colleagues weren’t impressed.
The self-confessed adrenaline junkie rang up his boss to ask for the day off so he could be given the huge cheque.
He said: “I rang my boss and told her Postcode Lottery are here. But I had a design and compliance finance meeting at 11am and I had all the figures.
“Luckily, my boss was ecstatic for me and said she wouldn’t tell anyone in the meeting as to why I couldn’t make it.”
Michael hopes to use his jackpot towards a “once-in-a-lifetime” tour around the Norweigan Fjords.
“When I saw the cheque, I thought £11,000 and then… I processed it and there was six digits! It’s incredible,” he said.
He also dreams of taking his new motorbike, a Triumph Tiger 900, on a road trip.
“I’ve got to an age where I want to see more, and I recently bought the motorbike to go adventure riding.” he said.
He added: “You have dreams but they’re not dreams anymore now. This brings them into reality.”
The clerk landed the massive cash prize along with eight of his neighbours in Shann Crescent, Keighly, after their postcode BD21 2TN landed the weekly Millionaire Street prize on Monday.
Every cheque was worth £111,111.
How to play the People's Postcode Lottery?
For just £12 a month, players can sign up through the official website to have a chance of winning millions of pounds.
Once signed up, players are automatically entered into every draw and prizes are announced every day of each month.
Tickets play for the Daily Prize, worth £1000 and revealed every single day.
Tickets could also win a jackpot of £30,000 for Saturday and Sunday’s Street Prize draws.
People’s Postcode Lottery also offers a £3million Postcode Millions draw each month – where your ticket plays for a share of the cash prize fund.
Winners are notified by email, text, post, or phone call, depending on the prize they win.
Jackpot winners are visited by the lottery team in person.
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