South Wales woman awaits decision on £12m lottery claim

A woman in South Wales is facing an agonizing wait to learn if she will receive a 12 million pound lottery jackpot after claiming her winning ticket was mistakenly discarded by a shopkeeper. Kath Main, 46, believes she held the winning ticket for the June 6 National Lottery draw, but the physical ticket was thrown away before she realized its value.

Main, a mother of two and a rugby club treasurer, has used the same set of numbers for 20 years. She became aware of a potential win after seeing news reports that the June 6 jackpot from the Rhondda Cynon Taf area remained unclaimed and the numbers matched her long-standing combination. She immediately contacted her mother, Fiona, who regularly purchases the tickets on her behalf.

Fiona had taken the ticket to a Londis convenience store in Abercynon to be checked. She reported that the lottery terminal did not beep or display a winning amount, and the shopkeeper informed her there were no winners. Based on that information, she agreed for the ticket to be thrown in the bin. By the time Main confirmed the numbers were correct, the store's rubbish had already been collected, and the ticket could not be recovered.