A clairvoyant predicted that a Postcode Lottery winner would win, according to a woman from Middlesbrough.
Neighbours were over the moon when they found out they’d won a sizeable fortune on the Postcode Lottery.
Seven people living on Britain Avenue have scooped £379,418 each, a total of £2,6million, thanks to playing with the full winning postcode, TS5 7AT.
A total of 572 Teesside neighbours shared a £10.2 million prize pot at a special event at Centre Square in Middlesbrough on Saturday, April 1.
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The lottery winners with the postcode TS5 7 were all invited and had been told they’d won at least £4,000.
One lucky winner was Elaine Thompson, who thanks her clairvoyant for predicting the win.
In a spooky prediction, Elaine was told she was due to win money, just weeks after she'd cancelled her subscription to the lottery.
The superstitious 58-year-old quickly signed up again and bagged a £12,050 prize.
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Elaine, a former foster parent, said: “The fortune teller predicted I was going to come into a significant amount of money.
“I'd just cancelled the Postcode Lottery. A few days later I reinstated the ticket.
“I can't thank the clairvoyant enough, without her I would have missed out.
“I will be spoiling my family and taking my daughters to Fuerteventura.”
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Another of these lucky people was Mark Baker who first thought he had won £12,050, which he was very happy with. He later realised though that the real sum he had won was a huge £379,418.
The local truck driver said: “You only dream of money like this, it doesn’t actually happen to working people but I guess it’s happened to us. It’s life changing.
“I can’t describe how I was feeling when I found out our street had won, I just started laughing and my wife just started crying.”
Mark is making a bit of an unusual first purchase with some of his winnings before booking a few getaways in the sun.
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Mark said: “I’ll buy some new Koi carp for my little pond in the back garden.
“The wife and I are going to upgrade to business class for our holiday to Cyprus.
“Our dream holiday is Hawaii, so that’s getting booked!”
Mark, who works for AV Dawson and is an ex-army sergeant, said: “We’re just working-class, I work really long hours, so this money will mean I can cut down my hours.
“And we’ll give a chunk of cash to our kids and grandkids.”
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