Susanne Hinte's daughter speaks about woman who claims to have won £33m jackpot
The date, bar code and serial number have been washed off
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Your support makes all the difference.The woman who claimed she has the missing £33m lottery ticket, but put it through the wash, has been named as Susanne Hinte.
Ms Hinte, 48, reportedly rushed into her local newsagent in Worcester with a damaged piece of paper she believed featured the winning combination of numbers.
However, the date, bar code and serial number had been washed off.
Her daughter, Natasha Douglas, 28, told Mail Online: “She has never said, ‘I’ve won the lottery’, she’s said she has the winning numbers and I’ve seen them.
"She’s already had begging letters from people asking for money.
"She works and has worked all her life but I’m not saying what she does. She has two children and four grandchildren.
"If she has won, she wants to set her family up for life and she plans to give some money to charity."
If Ms Hinte's claim is verified, she would have to wait until the deadline for other possible claims passes in July before the jackpot is paid.
The unclaimed £33m is half of the overall jackpot, after couple David and Carol Martin from Hawick also guessed the six winning numbers correctly.
In 2012, a winning Euromillions ticket worth £63.8m bought in the Stevenage and Hitchen area was never claimed.
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