I thought I won £1000s on People’s Postcode Lottery but ‘mistake’ left me with NO MONEY & sad ‘consolation prize’
A PEOPLE’S Postcode Lottery player thought his life had changed overnight after getting a knock at the door.
Chris Cork from Manchester, who had played the lottery for eight years, couldn’t believe his eyes when the postman delivered a branded parcel.
The TikToker claimed he started having visions of what his new life could look like as he ripped open the parcel stamped with the company’s branding.
In a video, that has gained over 60,000 likes, Chris said: “I am a Peoples Postcode Lottery WINNER… well I thought I was!!!”
“I’ve been doing the People’s Postcode Lottery for eight years. The postman just knocked on my door, gave me this, which is quite big. Sealed. I thought I f***** done it. I’ve won a lot of money,” he continued.
“Look out the door to see if there was a camera crew there or Daniel was there, nobody was there. I thought it says ‘share your win’,” he said.
“As I peeled that back, a little bit of excitement creeps in. I thought this could be a cheque. If you look at the size of that, it looks like a cheque could be in there..”
But tragically for Chris, what was inside couldn’t have been further from a massive cash injection.
“You will never guess what I have won,” he teased viewers.
“Congratulations. You’ve won a f***** handmade soaps. I mean, they don’t even smell nice. F*** sake! Why do you need that for two little soaps?”
“I played it eight years and they’ve never, ever done anything like that. Soaps or anything. I went from a cheque, a couple of grand to two f****** soaps that are going to go in the bin.”
One of the soaps was called “inspiration” and was scented with “sweet orange, lavender and rosemary”, while the other was called “humanity” which smelled of rose and patchouli.
Despite feeling for Chris, many struggled not to laugh at the massive blunder.
“Sorry mate you had me in stitches,” one wrote.
“Never played it. So tempted now after seeing such charity fair prizes on offer,” said a second.
Sharing their own experience, a third giggled: “That’s worse than the few teabags I won.”
Confused by Chris’s situation, a fourth wrote: “I thought it was just money people won.”
It’s not all bad for Postcode Lottery players after a couple scooped a very unexpected £90,000 last week.
Peter Nicholson, from Scunthorpe, immediately called his stunned wife, Deborah, to break the news.
But he said his immediate thoughts were about his hearts and jokingly admitted suffering “palpitations” after receiving news of the win.
He said: “This is absolutely fantastic, but it doesn’t do my heart any good.
“I’ve got palpitations and can’t believe I’ve won.
“I wasn’t expecting that kind of money.”
But, despite his newfound riches, Peter hasn’t got any plans for elaborate spending.
“There are a few mundane things, like getting the drive done.
“But we’ll have a holiday. We’ve been to the east coast of Canada before, but we might go to Calgary on the west coast now,” he said.