Chris Cork, from Manchester, was left fuming when he opened a People's Postcode Lottery package he thought was a big win - and found two bars of soap inside
A Manchester man recounts his rollercoaster of emotions after an official-looking parcel from the People's Postcode Lottery turned up on his doorstep. For Chris Cork, who had been playing the lottery for eight long years, the arrival of the package was a moment of great anticipation.
He details the moments leading up to the revelation: "I've been doing the People's Postcode Lottery for eight years. The postman just knocked on my door, gave me this, which is quite big. Sealed. I thought I've done it. I've won a lot of money."He even spied around his front garden looking for a surprise TV crew or presenter, commenting: "Look out the door to see if there was a camera crew there or Daniel was there, nobody was there.
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