£30k windfall for Wester Ross lottery winner
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A HIGHLAND woman is celebrating a five-figure windfall – all thanks to her family home in Wester Ross.
Daniele Martin (51) has scooped £30,000 in the People’s Postcode Lottery after the postcode of her holiday home in Laide was a winner.
Ms Martin, who works in Currys PC World in Inverness, said she was shocked to discover that the property in Laide – a family home she now uses as a holiday getaway – had scooped her the cash.
She said, “I have absolutely no idea what I’ll spend it on. I knew the Postcode Lottery team were coming round but I’d kept my expectations low and thought I might get £1000 at most, so £30,000 is unbelievable. The first thing I’ll do is treat everyone at work to lunch – and then get my nails done!
“My house in Laide is my family’s and I love to get up there as much as possible when I’m not working to spend time outdoors and away from the internet.
“It’s really special to have won with that postcode. I’ve put another ticket on with my Inverness postcode now too though!”
The prize was drawn as part of People’s Postcode Lottery’s Christmas campaign in which one postcode was drawn every day.
A minimum of 32 per cent of People’s Postcode Lottery ticket sales goes to charity. Since its launch some £371 million has been raised for more than 5500 good causes.
A number of local causes have been supported by players, including New Start Highland, which was awarded £19,000 last year. With the funding, the charity is running job skills training courses for people in the Highlands who are suffering from social isolation and exclusion.
