Ladder builder steps up from £10k lottery win to €10.3m jackpot

A ladder builder in Scotland who thought he had won £10,000 on the lottery was "gobsmacked" to find he had scooped £10.3m.

Ladder builder steps up from £10k lottery win to €10.3m jackpot

A ladder builder in Scotland who thought he had won £10,000 on the lottery was "gobsmacked" to find he had scooped £10.3m.

John Bowman, 59, from Forfar in Angus, checked his numbers from Saturday night's Lotto draw the following morning but it was not until he showed a friend his ticket he realised he had won 1,000 times what he thought.

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