Mystic mum said she was 'destined to win' two weeks before landing £200,000

A woman from Greater Manchester who told her family that she was ‘destined’ to win People’s Postcode Lottery landed £200,000 just two weeks later.

Beth Gartside, 32, had considered cancelling her lottery ticket but adamantly told her parents that ‘one day’ she would win big. Now the mystic mum-of-three said she’ll use her winnings to buy her dream house with husband Stephen Clayton, 39 - but she’ll treat her parents before flying the nest.

Beth, from Stalybridge, said: “It’s unbelievable. I just feel so lucky. I thought I’d win but I just didn’t think I’d win this much. About two weeks ago, I was sat in my parent’s living room, and I told them, ‘I just feel like I’m destined to win the Postcode Lottery!’”

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She added: “I wasn’t joking, I was dead serious. Maybe I’m just delusionally optimistic.”

Beth and four neighbours shared £1m after their Stalybridge postcode, SK15 1LQ, bagged Postcode Lottery’s weekly Millionaire Street prize on Saturday (November 30). Every winning ticket was worth £200,000. Beth, who works as a homeless prevention officer for Oldham Council, was convinced she’d win – even after pondering whether she should continue playing.

Beth moved back into her parent’s house with Stephen and their three children – aged five, nine and 12 - in October last year to help them save for a house deposit. Then in May, she made the fortunate decision to change her postcode from her previous address, a rented house in Mossley, to her parent’s pad in Stalybridge.

Beth said: “I just had a feeling.” Stephen added: “You were going to cancel it weren’t you?”

Beth said: “Earlier in the year I said to Ste, ‘I don’t know what to do about