Woman who juggled two jobs to feed family wins Rs 2 crore on a Rs 100 bet
Curry, a resident of Bury St Edmunds in the UK¡¯s Suffolk, won it big at Betfred¡¯s numbers game Nifty 50. For a bet of ?1 (Rs 106), she walked away with a prize money of ?200,000 (Rs 2.13 crore).
A woman who had been working 14 hours, juggling two jobs a day, to put food on her family's table has hit the jackpot by winning a whopping ?200,000 (Rs 2.13 crore). And all it cost her was just ?1 (Rs 106). The woman, Araya Curry, used to work as a hospice cleaner by day and a restaurant waitress by night, earning the minimum wage to raise her two sons.
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Starting new life in Thailand
This is now set to become a thing of the past as the 40-year-old is set to start a new luxury life in Thailand. Curry, a resident of Bury St Edmunds in the UK¡¯s Suffolk, won it big at Betfred¡¯s numbers game Nifty 50. For a bet of ?1 (Rs 106), she walked away with a prize money of ?200,000 (Rs 2.13 crore).
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Nifty 50 is a betting game that allows players to choose six numbers between one and fifty for a bet of ?1.
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Working 14 hours a day
"I have been working 14-hour days for a long time, so this fantastic win has totally transformed the lives not just for me and Andy but for our children too," Curry told The Daily Star.
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Curry, who is originally from Thailand and moved to England after marrying Andy, a former fireman, some 20 years ago, plans to relocate to her home country with their children.
"We had a 10-year plan to acquire land in Thailand and go and live there. Now it¡¯s all been brought forward, and work has already started on our six-bedroom villa over there,¡± she said.
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Most deserving winner
The couple has also invited Fred Done, the owner of Betfred, to their new home when it is completed.
"There has never been a more deserving winner in our 57-year history than Araya, who, along with her husband, works so hard and deserves all the luck in the world,¡± Fred said.
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