People’s Postcode Lottery ‘winner’ has his dreams crushed when he opens the package

A man who thought he had hit the jackpot on the Postal Postal Lottery was left reeling by a letter he received in the post. TikTok user Chris Cork shared the story of the fortune gone wrong, which has since gone viral.

Chris had been playing the Post Office Lottery for eight years and thought his lucky day had finally come when he received a large, sealed package. In a video which has now racked up more than 60,000 likes, Chris said: “I’m a Peoples Postcode Lottery WINNER… well I thought I was!!!”

He recounted: “I’ve been doing the Postal Lottery for eight years. The postman just knocked on my door, gave me this, which is quite big. Sealed. I thought I’d done the hell with it.” He added: “I made a lot of money.”

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Expecting a camera crew or a representative named Daniel to show up, Chris was initially impatient. He said: “Look out the door to see if there was a film crew there or if Daniel was there, nobody was there. I thought it said “share your winnings”. “, reports Birmingham Live.

His excitement grew as he speculated, “I thought this might be a check. If you look at the size of it, it looks like a check could be in there.” However, his dreams were quickly shattered when he revealed the contents of the package. Chuckling, he read the letter: “Congratulations. You won to put handmade soaps. I mean, I don’t even smell nice.

“Damn it! Why do you need that for two little soaps? I’ve been playing it for eight years and they’ve never done anything like that. Soaps or anything.”

Clearly upset, the Mancunian told his TikTok followers: “We’ve gone from a cheque, a few thousand to two bloody soaps going in the bin.”

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