A SECURITY guard was left gobsmacked after he scooped £250,000 on a scratchcard jackpot – and then celebrated the big win on a first date.

Luke Ashman, 22, from Dudley, West Midlands, bought the scratchcard before heading out for a drink with a woman after pubs reopened.

The couple had been speaking and seeing each other for about a year but had yet to go on a proper date due to the Covid restrictions.

They are still together after Luke's big win.

“That night we went out for a meal, I ordered a bottle of Prosecco and we celebrated an amazing day of both a lottery win and a first date. You could say I’d won twice in one day.”

On April 22, Luke had the day off from work and dozed off on the sofa.

"When I woke, I dashed to the supermarket because not only had I got to get the groceries, I had my first proper date that evening with a girl I’d recently started seeing.                      

“Even after my daytime nap, I was still tired, so I bought myself an energy drink and while at the counter I bought a couple of National Lottery scratchcards.”

When back in the car, Luke decided to look at the scratchcards and see if he had been lucky.

He said: “I scratched one with no luck. I then tried the second and scratched a diamond, then a win symbol – I saw £250,000 but wasn’t sure whether it was a full stop or a comma.

"When I double checked and saw the amount and I had won the top prize my heart was thumping and I literally started to shake."

Luke said his drive home was a "bit of a blur".

“I somehow drove home, stumbled along the drive, opened the front door and started to shout out to whoever was home," he said.

"I was met by my Mum who was worried having heard me call out, thinking I had been in an accident.

“We checked over the scratchcard together before I called The National Lottery to check if I had won and that I was £250,000 richer. I immediately called my Dad and messaged my three brothers with my amazing news.”

And after all of the excitement Luke had to focus on his first proper date with his now-girlfriend.

Luke said: “We’ve been speaking and seeing each other since the beginning of the year but obviously haven’t been able to go out on a proper date.

"She normally catches the bus home from work, but I went to pick her up and couldn’t wait to tell her my news. She didn’t believe me at first until I showed her the winning scratchcard."

Luke has a long-term plan for the money but first wants to treat himself to a new car.

He wants to buy a Ford Mustang, with the rest of his winnings going towards setting up his own property development business.

He said: “It’s my birthday in a couple of weeks. It’s then my Dad’s 50^th and my three brothers have special birthdays too, so we’ll wait until after June 21 to get together with lots of family and friends and have a fantastic party.”

Luke bought his winning National Lottery Lucky Numbers Scratchcard from ASDA in Brierley Hill.

He is the second lucky National Lottery Scratchcard winner from the Black Country in the past few weeks.

Bee Murton from Bilston celebrated winning £300,000 at the end of April on a Lucky Numbers Scratchcard.

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