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Another Lottery Winner

STRANRAER has done it again with the National Lottery!

Galloway Avenue man Richard Henry scooped £54,519 at the weekend after he correctly matched five balls and the bonus ball.

Laid-back Richard (55) did not even realise the ticket he bought in Safeway was a winner until Sunday night when he checked Teletext.

He told the "Free Press"

"I did not bother to check it until Sunday evening and then I thought I had won a tenner.

"Then I saw that I had four numbers, then five and I thought I had £1500.

"It was my son who pointed out that I had the bonus ball as well and we realised that it was over £50,000".