Retired Footballer Strikes It Rich with 5m Krone Danish Lottery Jackpot

 

RETIRED FOOTBALLER STRIKES IT RICH WITH 5M KRONE DANISH LOTTERY JACKPOT

Former footballer Tommy Bechmann scored a fair few goals in his career. He retired earlier this year but has now struck lucky with a five million-krone (£585,000) prize in the Danish Lottery.Tommy Bechmann found success with Danish side Esbjerg and was top scorer in the Danish Superliga in the 2003-04 season. Soon after he became a record signing for German Bundesliga team Bochum. Later he was transferred to Freiburg and scored 21 times for those two German sides and used to earn around £50,000-a-year. The Danish player, who was capped for the Denmark Under-21 side scoring 11 goals in 15 appearances, then spent five-and-a-half years with SønderjyskE before retiring in January of this year after scoring 33 goals for the Danish side.The lucky player was on holiday in Spain when he discovered his big Danish Lottery win. That’s just what happened to Annette and Andrew Dawson from Bolton in Lancashire, England who were on holiday in Bulgaria when finding out about their £1m EuroMillions win. Donna Smith from Suffolk in England returned from holiday in Corfu to discover she’d won a £1m EuroMillions prize.The former footballer chose his winning numbers in a way used by many former winners. They were the birthdays of his children and he’s been using the same numbers for several years hoping one day to win a Danish Lottery jackpot. That’s like Judy Finchum from Colorado, USA, who used family birthdays and even that of her ex-husbands to win a $133.2m Powerball jackpot. Using family birthdays also paid off for Rose Dittano from Virginia, USA, helping her to win $1m playing the Mega Millions. North Carolina resident Gregory Errthum used the same numbers for 32 years before landing a $150,000 Powerball prize.Tommy received an email telling him about his big win in the Danish Lottery draw. He recognized the email address as he’d had a win in the past, that was only 50 krone though. He quickly called Danske Spil, who organize the lottery, and his win was confirmed. In England, former Chelsea player Terry Bradbury won a £5.5m UK Lotto win jackpot." I don't yet know for sure what I will do with the money. But I’m sure my winter holidays will be longer from now on," joked the 35-year-old Danish Lottery winner. The father-of-three is currently in the fifth of seven years studying at Aarhus University.Get a chance of becoming a lottery winner and play online at Lottery24.com.