National Lottery who scooped £124k jackpot thought he had only won £10

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National Lottery who scooped £124k jackpot thought he had only won £10.

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A lorry driver from Wigan has landed a EuroMillions windfall worth £124,067 after mistakenly assuming his ticket had secured just £10.Bernie Prescott, 63, initially thought he had won the modest sum when checking his numbers.However, upon closer inspection, he discovered his prize was actually a six-figure amount.The father-of-two verified the numbers alongside his wife Donna, 59, before contacting the National Lottery's claims line to confirm the unexpected fortune.He said: "I honestly couldn't believe it when they said the amount."This sort of thing doesn't happen to people like us."When Mr Prescott rang to claim his prize, the claims team asked where he had purchased the winning ticket – a question that left him stumped.He explained: "With my shift pattern, I'm here, there and everywhere all over the country, so I'm often at motorway services and that's usually where I'd buy my lottery tickets."So, when the claims team asked me where I'd bought it, I didn't have the foggiest, so it...

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