Woman pranked her husband with fake National Lottery win only to actually scoop £1m jackpot just two weeks later

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Woman pranked her husband with fake National Lottery win only to actually scoop £1m jackpot just two weeks later.

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A woman who pranked her husband with a fake National Lottery ticket scooped a major prize just weeks later.Charlotte Peart from Whittlesey, near Peterborough, had tricked her husband, Daniel, into believing they had won on a scratch card, only for the couple to actually land a £1,000,000 Lotto Hotpicks prize a mere fortnight later.Charlotte was 28 at the time of the 2018 win, which came from a ticket costing just £1.50.

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She told The Mirror: "I went to deposit £10 into my online lottery account and saw there was £1.50 sitting in there, so I used that to get a ticket, and it happened to be the winning draw.

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It was definitely a £1.50 well spent and it was pure luck." TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say Convincing Daniel that the windfall was real proved to be a considerable challenge.

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Duped by Charlotte's scratch card prank just two weeks earlier, he was understandably sceptical when she broke the news.Only after he logged into the lottery account himself and saw the winning sum displayed...

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