UK dad who once won a cabbage in raffle now wins £4m Georgian mansion
Wayne Wood, a 64-year-old from the UK, won a £4 million Georgian mansion in a prize draw after decades of entering competitions. The win comes nearly 50 years after his first prize, which was a single cabbage.
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It serves as a lighthearted human-interest story about persistence and the nature of luck in prize-based competitions.
A father who once won nothing more than a cabbage in a 1977 meat draw has now landed a dramatically bigger prize - a £4 million Georgian mansion in Bath, Somerset, along with £250,000 in cash.According to SWNS, Wayne Wood, 64, from Loughborough, Leicestershire, and his wife Catherine, 53, won the historic property through an Omaze prize draw. The couple, who have been married for 18 years and have two teenage children, will also receive the property mortgage-free, with stamp duty and legal fees covered, as well as £140,000 worth of furnishings.From a cabbage to a £4 million mansionWayne said his previous prize was a cabbage, which he won nearly five decades ago after entering a meat draw with friends.“A £4 million mansion is quite the upgrade from a cabbage!” he said.“I remember I was with my brass band friends on a trip somewhere up north in the 70s and…
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