A PEOPLE'S Postcode Lottery winner nearly missed out on collecting his £111,000 prize. Michael Whitaker, from Keighley in West Yorkshire, had to beg his boss for the day off - and colleagues weren't impressed. 3 Michael Whitaker from West Yorkshire nearly lost out on the cash prize Credit: Postcode Lottery 3 He had to miss out on a meeting to collect the cheque Credit: Postcode Lottery The self-confessed adrenaline junky rang up his boss to ask for the day off so he could be given the huge cheque.
She was forced to lie to her staff who were expecting to see Michael in an 11am meeting. He said: "I rang my boss and told her Postcode Lottery are here. But I had a design and compliance finance meeting at 11am and I had all the figures.
"Luckily, my boss was ecstatic for me and said she wouldn't tell anyone in the meeting as to why I couldn't make it." read more on lottery winners JOB LOT I won £100,000 lottery prize but had to beg my boss for the day off to accept it LOTTO LOSS I ignored £320k lottery win - it took them rocking up at my door to believe it Michael joined others on his street in bagging £111,111, which he hopes to use towards a "once-in-a-lifetime" tour around the Norweigan Fjords. Michael, who has scuba dived all around the country, said he was astounded when he received the cheque.
"When I saw the cheque, I thought £11,000 and then...
I processed it and there was six digits! It's incredible," he said. When asked what he was going to do with all of the extra .