London: A couple in the UK narrowly avoided missing out on a New Year windfall after retrieving a winning lottery ticket worth 66,000 pounds thrown into a roadside dustbin.
Joanne Joynson, 37, is now planning to wed her fiance of 15 years with that money.
She said: "First thing I did when I saw Dyllan was to remind him he had proposed 15 years ago and that we could now afford to get married. I have always wanted to get married but we've never had the money to do it until now."
Joynson from Merseyside went to her local Betfred shop on New Year's Eve and was amazed to discover the losing 3 pounds Spanish Lottery ticket she had thrown away three days earlier was in fact a winner.
