Simon scores a conversion to a Mega Rich life
Lightning has struck twice this year for Warrington Wolves fans at one logistics company. Simon Rustage has scored the top prize of £250,000 every year for the next 15 years on the scratchcard Mega Rich – hard on the heels of a syndicate of his co-workers, who scooped a Lotto jackpot in January.
Simon will receive a cheque for a cool quarter-of-a-million pounds every October from now until the year 2029.
While he has no plans to quit his job as a stock handler, he's already drawn up a shopping list that includes a new car and a season ticket to see his beloved Rugby League team, Warrington Wolves.
It is like having a job with a £250,000 salary but not actually going into work.
Simon said: 'I just bought it and then didn't really think – I scratched it immediately in the store…I was absolutely delighted – things like this just don’t happen to people like me.'
He added: 'It is absolutely unbelievable. This is just the best prize ever. It is like having a job with a £250,000 salary but not actually going into work. I am going to take my time over what I do and how I spend the money. I certainly have no plans to give up work at the present time.
'It is such a lovely way to receive the money – it provides me with security and reassurance.'
Wolves fans at Simon's workplace, Norbert Dentressangle, are now two-thirds of the way to a National Lottery hat trick this year.
In January a syndicate of fellow and former workers scooped a £1.7 million Lotto jackpot. But it was six weeks before the Part Timers, also keen Warrington Wolves fans, discovered their good fortune after forgetting to check their ticket.
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