Dad drove around with £1,000,000 lottery ticket for months and didn’t realise

Darren and Gemma Burfitt won £1 million on a ‘forgotten’ lottery ticket (Picture: SWNS)

A dad nearly missed out on bagging a cool £1 million after leaving the winning lottery ticket in his car and forgetting to check it.

Darren Burfitt, 44, from Swansea, had been reminded by friends and relatives to look after an appeal went out searching for a missing millionaire following the Euromillions draw on October 18.

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