The fairy godmother of Kilmarnock has struck again.
An unemployed cleaner on Tuesday became the sixth person from Kilmarnock to win a seven-figure sum in the national lottery, making the southern Scottish town the luckiest place in Britain, according to lottery organiser Camelot.
Rosemary Ferguson (51) picked up a check for £2,2-million (about R25,4-million) in Saturday’s draw.
Just two months ago, former ice-cream salesperson Georgina McIlvanney (74), scooped £1,2-million (about R13,8-million) on the lottery.
Kilmarnock, which has a population of about 43 000, has the highest number of lottery millionaires per head of population, with the game paying out a prize fund of nearly £12,5-million (about R144,6-million) to its residents last year alone, Camelot said.
Asked the secret of winning the lottery, a company spokesperson said on Tuesday: ”Move to Kilmarnock.”
Ferguson said she has played the same six numbers based on family birthdays since the lottery was launched nearly a decade ago.
”It still hasn’t sunk in yet, that I’ll never have to work again in my life or worry about debt,” she said. ”We’re over the moon.”
But she said she will not move house.
”I like my neighbours and my wee house. I’m not going to move somewhere daft like a mansion,” she said. ”I’m quite happy, I don’t need much, but I’m going to see my family right and maybe visit my aunt in Adelaide in Australia.” — Sapa-AP