Man scoops £500,000 on the lottery and says changing work shifts was behind win

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A man has credited his £500k lottery win to his decision to swap shifts at work so he could pop to the shops and buy his lucky ticket 🤑

Jeff Etherington, 65, believes he was simply ‘in the right place at the right time’ after scooping £500,000 on the lottery.The machine setter from Harlow swapped to an early shift on January 11 so he could attend a hospital appointment.

‘I can’t help thinking it’s fate, had I not swapped shifts for that hospital appointment, I wouldn’t have been buying my Lucky Dip ticket at that exact moment and some other lucky person might now be celebrating instead!’The win means Jeff and his fiancée Kim, 60, can finally get married.

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