A woman pranked her husband with fake scratchcard win. She then won the lottery for real

13 Oct 2026 • 4:16 AM MYT
The Independent
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A woman pranked her husband with fake scratchcard win. She then won the lottery for real

  • Charlotte Peart, from Whittlesey near Peterborough, won £1m on the National Lottery just weeks after pranking her husband with a fake scratchcard win.
  • The couple used their jackpot to buy a new family home, travel to Lapland on a luxury holiday, and support local charitable causes.
  • Peterborough has been ranked as the ninth luckiest location in the UK, having produced 142 millionaires since the National Lottery began in 1994.
  • Birmingham topped the National Lottery luckiest location list with 234 millionaires, followed by Belfast with 202 and Glasgow with 178.
  • Since launching in 1994, the National Lottery has created more than 8,000 millionaires and raised over £53bn for UK projects.

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