A NATIONAL Lottery player believes they missed out on a hefty win and ended up with just £2 due to a ticket machine “glitch”. Dean Smethurst, a supermarket worker , initially thought had won a sizeable £50,000 on the Lotto and immediately started making plans on how to splash the cash, even before it had been officially confirmed. When he’d gone down to his local Tesco supermarket in Farnworth, Lancashire , to have his lotto card checked, a message popped up on the till saying he had won.
He was told to contact Camelot as the apparent winnings were too big to be paid out there and then. When he checked the terms and conditions he discovered that the till's message usually displayed when punters had won upwards of £50,000. Thinking he was in the money he started making plans about what he was going to do with all that money and told all his pals .
At the time, he said: "I’d gone in to do a bit of shopping and I thought I’d check to see how I’d gone on in the previous Saturday’s draw. “The receipt said I’d won a prize the store would not be able to pay out and that I should contact Camelot immediately. “All the other staff applauded me .
" But he had to sweat it out and wait until the following day when Camelot’s phone lines opened and he could put a claim in for his winnings. Dean said: "I didn’t sleep because I was so excited. "My house is like a building site at the moment so that was the first thing that I decided to spend my winnings on.
"Then I d.