Two British men won the £4 million (about 34 million yuan) grand prize by buying lottery tickets, but British lottery company Camelot suspected that they used stolen bank cards to buy lottery tickets and refused to pay for the grand prize.
36-year-old Mark Goodlam and 31-year-old Jon Ross Watson are from Bolton. "Two alcoholic friends claim to have won £4 million in scratch card lottery," and the Camelot Lottery manager also confirmed that they did win the prize. After learning about Lieutenant General, the two of them drank for several days in a row to celebrate. But unexpectedly, Camelot suspected that the two men were "professional criminals" and used the stolen bank card to buy the lottery, so he refused to pay the bonus. Camelot's lottery service manager Andrew Crozier, who rejected their bonus request in a May 28 letter, said the company believes the two "has no right to receive the award."
After the two men won the prize, the Camelot lottery manager spoke with them, but found that the two had no bank accounts, so he became suspicious. The two men did have criminal history in the past - this pair of professional criminals appeared on the Bolton police's "No. 1 wanted criminals" list, and they were accused by former friends of illegally purchasing cash cards from the Internet. Goodram, the father of two, has been convicted of 22 counts for 45 crimes. "We rely on the kindness of others before we get what we deserve," said Goodram. Watson is already a father of a child who has been convicted of burglary . "I want to treat myself like Aamir Khan, Peter Kay and Paddy McGuinness and become a legendary figure in Bolton," he said.
However, Goodram and Watson denied buying winning tickets with stolen bank cards. They initially said they paid themselves, but later claimed that they had paid for a mysterious friend named John, but did not provide further details.
The lawyer Henry Hendron decided to help these two "drinking friends" for free, of course, if they win, he would be paid. “My clients are very open about their upbringing and the hardships in life, including before having had substance abuse,” Henry Hendron said. “Camelotte is actually extorting my client’s past.” “My clients think that Camelot’s behavior is culturally racist, they will do some level of review, check and review of some winners, and if the recipients speak in an elegant accent, they wouldn’t do that.” “My clients think that this is because they are a working class in the north with historic history.”
Camelotte said the two men, known as “Blotto Lads,” bought scratch cards “with funds obtained without the owner’s consent.” They are actually accusing them of stealing winning lottery tickets or buying lottery tickets with stolen bank cards. The two men insisted that Camelot's regulations on "integrity" do not apply to the "legal owner" of the lottery.
At present, the police have not investigated any misconduct related to this lottery.
