A woman claims to have had her life turned upside down after "mistakenly" reading her lottery ticket incorrectly. The 48-year-old says that the lottery ticket had become faded in the washing machine, and had caused some of the numbers and date to rub off. The jackpot prize was for a massive £33 million, but after closer review by Camelot, the ticket was deemed to have been a dud after the real ticket holder came forward.
Susan Hinte drew even more unwanted attention to herself when she decided to hire an agent, giving rise to the rumours that she would appear in Celebrity Big Brother. Ironically, she says she would have found it difficult to be in the spotlight. She admitted to BBC Worcester that at one point, and due to all the heckles, she wanted her life to end.
"I didn't do anything wrong. I couldn't understand why all of a sudden I was hated by so many people. I wanted to be dead!"
"I Wish I Had Never Ever Looked For That Ticket"
As if she wasn't already attracting enough bad publicity, Susan was accused last month of stealing a pensioner's purse while on her way to a blind date. She stood accused of the theft of two bank cards and £55 but after claiming to the magistrates that she had never seen the purse, she was pardoned. To rub salt in the wounds of her already fragile reputation, a trucker claimed that Susan had sent him topless pictures after making contact on a dating site.
“I do play those number along with other numbers,” Susanne told the Sunday Mercury. "I went to the Camelot people and they said they had seen a lot worse than that. I said I thought it was for the week before. I never once got excited, but my son was already spending the money. Then my daughter said I was on the news. It was horrendous, then my life changed. I wish I had never, ever looked for that ticket. I have done no more than any other person would do, but people put two and two together. If people would just think about it, they would know.”
Susan maintains that she never had any intentions of swindling the Camelot group.