Snooker fan lands jack-pot!

From: The Independent - London | Date: July 10, 1998 | Copyright information

A KEEN snooker fan has made his biggest break - a pounds 7.5 million lottery jackpot win.

Father-owo Roy Gibney, from Grimsby, was ecstatic after his numbers came up in Wednesday night's pounds 15 million superdraw.

Lottery organisers Camelot were also delighted by a revival in ticket sales as World Cup fever finally died down. Ticket sales have soared by an extra 26 per cent for Saturday's pounds 20 milli...

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