Furniture maker from Weston-super-Mare wins £300k on scratchcard

Dan Fisher, 45, who has been making furniture for Nightingale field hospitals, plans to use his money to buy a house.

He picked up his winning scratchcard in Weston-super-Mare's Tesco store on Station Road. And after unpacking his shopping, he sat down and revealed his £300,000 win.

“I put everything away, put my sweats back on and couldn’t believe what I was seeing!” he said.

“I rang my brother Tobias, before I even rang Camelot to check my win.

"He was telling me to get off the phone and get onto them.

“I was a bit like Gollum while keeping the scratchcard safe - I kept it in my work bag, which is never far away from me.”

He plans to use the money to upgrade from his one-bedroom rented flat to a bigger first home, and wants to take Tobais' young family on a dream trip to Florida - as soon as it is safe to do so.

“It’s 10 years since I’ve been on holiday and it will be great to treat my two nephews and nieces to the holiday of a lifetime," he said.

"I’ve been window shopping for houses but am in no real rush, so I will wait until everything settles down and I can get to viewings properly.”

Mr Fisher started making furniture for the NHS a month before last years lockdown.

"I enjoy the job and to be employed by a key NHS supplier feels like we’re supporting key workers in their work, which is very rewarding," he said.

“It has been a very busy few months, but Health and Safety regulations mean that there can’t be as many of us on shift at the moment and we’ve been operating a part time furlough scheme whereby many of us are working two weeks on, two weeks off.”

Mr Fisher won the top prize of £300,000 on The National Lottery’s Cashword Bonus Scratchcard. The Cashword Bonus Scratchcard offers a one in 3.54 overall chance of winning a prize. The card costs £3 and prizes range from £3 to £300,000.