Laid-back lottery winners from Walsall claim their prize – a month late
Laid-back lottery winners James and Sally Briggs have won a prize worth £10,000 a month – but only found out a month later after missing three emails.
Walsall couple James Briggs, 42, and wife Sally, 40, matched the five main numbers in the Set For Life draw on August 3.
But it was only when the National Lottery sent a fourth email that IT specialist James finally contacted the lottery helpline to discover the good news.
James said he received an email about the draw on August 3, but ignored it as he was busy.
"I was busy with work, including an international trip to a conference," he said.
"Then we had a holiday to Berlin to celebrate Sally’s birthday. There was home stuff to do, so it was only after seeing the fourth email when we got back from holiday that I actually got around to reading it."
The fourth email came on September 10, when James checked his emails while watching television.
"I didn’t say anything to Sally but decided I’d call the National Lottery line the next day and see if all these emails were true," he said.
“I called the following morning, still wondering whether it was real but, after chatting to various people and seeing everything on the app it finally dawned on me that it could actually be true.
