Pensioner wins £666k after accidentally buying two winning Postcode Lottery tickets – Discover SWNS

A lucky pensioner doubled his money when he accidentally bought two Postcode Lottery tickets – and won £666,666.

Allan Taylor, 65, reckons he pressed the wrong button when he signed up online for his subscription – and plumped for two tickets instead of one.

But his blunder turned into the “best mistake ever” when he was presented with two cheques for £333,333 each.

His whopping windfall was the biggest prize for a single Postcode Lottery player so far this year.

“I must have ticked it twice. This was the best mistake I’ve ever made,” Allan, of Tupton, Derbys., said.

“I remember asking Allan why he had two tickets, and he said, ‘oh I don’t know’,” Wife Bev, 62, said.

Allan shared a £1million pot with one other neighbour in Tupton after S42 6AE landed the lottery’s weekly Millionaire Street prize on Saturday (30/5).

Every ticket was worth £333,333, with Allan doubling his prize.

And it landed after he had been shouting at the TV when a Postcode Lottery advert came on shortly before he got a call to say he’d won.

“It was the night before and I was saying, ‘I think they’ve forgotten our front door’ after seeing the TV advert. Then, a few hours later we got the call,” Allan said.

His big win comes just weeks after the couple retired early after months of carefully planning the next chapter of their lives.

“I can’t believe it. We’ve literally just both retired in March. We’ve worked all our lives,” Bev, who was a mental health nurse in an elderly dementia rapid response team, said.

“I loved my job, but it was very stressful,” she said.

“I did wonder if I should have finished so early or stayed on until my state pension.”

But Bev said: “We worked it out that it would be ok.”

“I thought, let’s retire to make the most of our lives,” Allan, former building maintenance worker, said.

“I’m 66 this year and retired a bit earlier than my state pension age. Now I’m not going to worry at all.”

Allan said he never really expected to win.

“This is proper unbelievable. I’m absolutely speechless, to be honest.”

“If you come back in a fortnight, I might be able to tell you how I feel,” Allen said. “This will blow everything out of the water.”

“We were expecting a reasonable amount, maybe £10,000 to £20,000. But we were never in a million years expecting this,” Allen said.

“When I opened the second cheque my legs wouldn’t work and I struggled. But it’s a nice feeling.”

“It’s going to enable us to help other people which is what we’ve always wanted to do,” Allen said, adding that they intend to help a lot of family and friends.

“I’ve always wanted to go to Australia”

The couple plan to use some of their winnings travelling the world and treating their family.

“I’ve always wanted to go to Australia, but Allan said he would never go unless we fly business class,” Bev said.

“We like travelling. We went to the Maldives a couple of years ago. We’ll do that again and Dubai.”

“My son is getting married in three weeks – this might mean a bit of an extra wedding present.”

“I always wanted an Aston Martin, but I’m now at an age where I could get into it but I might not get out,” car fanatic Allan added. “Maybe a Range Rover now!”

Despite their newfound wealth, the couple are staying put in their beloved bungalow.

“We’re happy with life here and don’t want to move. The community is wonderful,” Allan said.

“We have lovely neighbours and it’s so nice, quiet and safe. Even if I won millions I wouldn’t move.”

“Everyone has genuinely been happy for us. It’s humbling,” he added.