Man who won on EuroMillions 'can't afford haircut or shoes' as he waits for payout
Pete Daly's numbers came up in July but is yet to receive his winnings - and is now 'living out of food banks'
A manhas been left to rely on food banks as he's stuck waiting for his EuroMillions prize money - more than a month after winning.
Pete Daly, who won £582.20 (€691) in the lottery back in July, is still waiting for his winnings to drop. The 71-year-old said it's been 34 days since his win on the EuroMillions and despite being promised payment within 10 days when he made his claim, he's yet to see any of it.
Now, the lottery's operators have apologised and reached out to Pete with an update. Pete expressed his frustration, saying: "Every time I ring up I get a different story to why it hasn't been paid."
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Hailing from the Wirral in north-west England, Pete explained to the Liverpool Echo how he had to fork out for his car insurance renewal from his monthly budget, which left him skint until his lottery winnings come through. With the delay in payment, he claims he's been forced to turn to food banks and can't even afford simple pleasures like a haircut.
Pete lamented: "I won £582.20 and every time I ring them up I get a different story. I have been paying for the lottery for 10 years, that is £10 a week, £1,040 every year for 30 years and I finally make £500 and they won't give me it.
"When I found out I had won I paid my car insurance off with my entire cash for the month because I was thinking this money would come in to keep me afloat for the month. So, I've been living in food banks all month because it hasn't come in, I can't afford a haircut, I need new shoes. I can't afford anything because I paid for the car insurance thinking I'd get this money within 10 days.
"I'm stuck in the house, I can't afford to go anywhere, I can't afford the waste of fuel. I need this money, I'm struggling, money is the difference to being able to live, it sorts me to be able to live, not living well, but living."
A spokesperson for lottery operator Allwyn said: "We're very sorry to hear the concerns raised and colleagues have now called Mr Daly with an update. We successfully process hundreds sometimes thousands of prize claims every week."
"This is following the introduction of a revised claims process that we had to bring in earlier this year following the Post Office's decision to no longer pay National Lottery retail prizes between £500.01 and £50,000.
"Unfortunately, a small number of these claims are delayed for various reasons. However, we're continuing to work on new ways to help further improve the claims process and would like to reassure our winners that they will definitely receive their prize."
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