Andy Carter, Camelot’s Senior Winners Adviser in Cardiff, has shared some top tips on making sure the whole world doesn’t find out about your good fortune
A Lotto chief has shed light on what happens to lucky winners whose numbers come up – and how they avoid the whole world finding out. And surprisingly, it turns out that not everyone hands in their notice immediately after finding out about their win.
It takes just 48 hours for winnings to be transferred, revealed Andy Carter, Camelot’s Senior Winners Adviser in Cardiff, to Wales Online. But to avoid your happy news leaking, he recommends you open a special account, which staff in your local branch will know nothing about.
His advice comes after a UK ticket holder claimed the £77.7million jackpot won in last night’s EuroMillions draw, but their identity – or identities – remain a mystery so far. Here’s what Andy Carter had to say:
You ring the number on the back of your ticket to make your claim. That call will get through to a call centre where staff are dedicated to dealing with Lottery related matters. It’s not just winners – the staff there also take calls from newsagents who want to order more scratch cards or whose Lottery ticket dispenser isn’t working, that kind of thing. So, it’s a bit of a lottery for them too regarding who’ll be on the other end of the line.