Two men who went on a four-day bender after winning £4million on a scratch card they bought with a stolen bank card have been caged.
Mark Goodram, 38, and Jon-Ross Watson, 34, made national news in 2019 after hitting the jackpot from the £10 scratch card.
However, Camelot, the lottery operator, refused to hand over the winnings when officials learned the debit cad used to buy the scratch card did not belong to either of the men.
The pair were accused of buying five scratchcards, including the jackpot winner, without the consent of the credit cardholder.
The lottery louts both denied three counts of fraud but changed their pleas to guilty as their trial at Bolton Crown Court was due to start.
The penniless pair had travelled to London from Bolton in April 2019 to go begging, with Goodram having written a stranger's debit card details on his hand.
He keyed in the numbers at Waitrose in Clapham, South London when buying lottery scratch cards and went on a bender in the capital.
They shared pictures of themselves boozing over four days in celebration of winning the prize, but their joy was short-lived.
However, Camelot grew suspicious when Goodram phoned to collect the money but told them that he did not have a bank account where they could pay his winnings, despite using debit card details to buy the winning card.
Recorder Sarah Johnston sentenced Goodram to 19 months in prison and Watson to 18 months.
She told the pair today: "You must have thought all your Christmases had come at once.
"Your offending is rooted in greed and a total lack of respect for the property of others."
