A couple who ‘won $216 million jackpot’ (£182 million) was left devastated after being told that they were not eligible for the whopping prize.
Liam McCrohan and Rachel Kennedy were shocked when they realized that the numbers they played on Euro Millions every week had been drawn.
“I went on the app and it said ‘Winning Match’ and I thought ‘Oh my God, I’ve won.’ So I called my boyfriend Liam and my mum into the room and they couldn’t believe it either,” Rachel told The Sun.
The pair started to plan about buying their dream mansion and cars but they were met with crushing disappointment.
The couple had played the same numbers for the past five weeks but they were heartbroken when they realized that their payment had not gone through for the ticket on that important night.
“I called the number thinking that I had won £182 million and they said ‘Yeah you’ve got the right numbers but you didn’t have the funds in your account for the payment of the ticket,’” Rachel went on.
“I was on top of the world when I thought I had won but when I found out I hadn’t, Liam was actually more upset than I was,” Rachel added.
The two admitted that they got ‘a bit carried away’ with imagining how they would spend their millions after seeing their numbers on the app.
Liam even imagined never having to worry about paying the bills or working again.
Taking to Twitter, he wrote: “When your Mrs decides not to play the EuroMillions… and all 7 of her usual numbers come up.”
Rachel admitted that they have never won anything before. “We’ve just got the worst luck when it comes to stuff like this.”
Liam added: “She was quite relaxed about it but I had kind of spent it in my head already. I was absolutely heartbroken when we heard the man on the phone say we hadn’t actually bought the ticket.”
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