Student wins dream £2.5m jackpot

Saturday, January 27, 2007 posted 02:23 AM EST

Kerri Cartwright, 28, won the money in Wednesday's draw after choosing the correct six numbers.

The single mother, from Port Glasgow, Inverclyde, toasted her £2,543,691 win with champagne.

She described how the windfall would definitely change her life and help secure her three-year-old daughter Stephani's future.

Ms Cartwright, originally from Stevenage in Hertfordshire, but who moved to Scotland three-and-a-half years ago, is currently studying for a HNC in administration and IT at James Watt College.

'Very Surreal'

She also works part time at a golf club.

Flanked by her sister Joy, 30, and mother Liz, 55, she said: "I will probably defer my course and may not go back to it.

"I am stunned and it's very surreal at the moment.

"I feel like it's not happening to me."

Ms Cartwright said she had the premonition she would win in a dream the night after buying her ticket at a Tesco store in Greenock.

She said: "I had a dream that I had won the lottery.

"It was so real I told my boss about it and he joked it would be nice - and then told me to get back to work.

"The win means the world to me as I won't ever have to worry about things again."

Ms Cartwright said she would be splashing out on a dream holiday to Disney World in America for all her family, and would also be buying two new cars for herself "a sensible family car" and a sports car.

She found out about her winning numbers on Wednesday morning in the college canteen.

Her winning numbers were 2, 8, 10, 31, 46 and 48.

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